My reading in Tennessee law strongly indicates a general purpose of the modern state; to make private citizens public citizens, to transfer lawful private activities into the public realm, subject to supervision, taxation and licensure. By David Tulis / NoogaRadio 92.7 The state today is in a condition of senescence, its celebrated powers and integrity hollowed out by a century of warfare and state social welfare. Institutions such as the public school have lost their rationale and seem to be in a holding action to maintain the public trust rather than advancing any further into the public realm among the … Continue reading Modern state works to make private people public people — commercial legal entities