Without our intention and without our notice, the notion of “The State” draws us imperceptibly into a consideration of the logical relationship of various ideas to one another, and away from facts of human activity.
This statement warns that discussing 'The State' can distract from the actual facts of human activity.
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Mistakes pile up and consolidate themselves into laws and methods of administration which are more harmful than the consequences which they were originally intended to control.
There are even those who hold that the presumption is always that social loss will result from agents of the public doing anything which could be done by persons in their private capacity.
The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.
The democratic public is still largely inchoate and unorganized.