It would be interesting to me who you identify as “the state” in America in 2026, especially given the bureaucratic and executive upheaval of the past two years, and the newly-formed relationships between corporations and government agencies.
Much of this is local police, who are semantically "the state" even if they are nominally decentralized.
Much of this is local police, who are semantically "the state" even if they are nominally decentralized.