"Since the State is the form in which the individuals of a ruling class assert their common interests, and in
which the whole civil society of an epoch is epitomised, it follows that the State mediates in the
formation of all common institutions and that the institutions receive a political form. Hence the illusion
that law is based on the will, and indeed on the will divorced from its real basis -- on free will. Similarly,
justice is in its turn reduced to the actual laws."
Kind of confused with this statement, I don't understand what he is saying about the law or state property here. What really confuses me, is why would he write something so complex that the average person can't understand it? How does he expect it to have a impact on a large scale if only a small group can fully understand it?
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The "State", as the government which is the ruling class uses their common interest's or policies upon a civil society who possess in a high degree (expensive material), the government will "mediate" ; resolve the differences among the rich and the poor. To make common institutions such as factories, schools,warehouses,etc. This may be a communist ideology but prototypical to it's cause. A real world example can be China today. Apart from that i had trouble understanding "law is based on the will, and indeed on the will divorced from its real basis -- on free will. Similarly,
justice is in its turn reduced to the actual laws."
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