State - a group of people who claim they are allowed to use violence to get their way and that nobody else is allowed to protect themselves from this violence.

(Others may define "state" to be essentially synonymous with "government". The above definition contains the only quality in common with every entity I am speaking of.)

There is no reality in which any state is not taken over by those willing to cause the harm necessary to do so.

This does not mean the best course of action is attempted immediate destruction of any state, that will cause the boot to stomp harder on us. The best course of action is minimize dependence on the economic system that state depends on. That is to say, growing some portion of your food is just about as radical as it gets.