1. In the absence of a state, highly undesirable forms of coercion would probably persist.

2. In a stateless society, some associates might in any case acquire sufficient resources to create a highly oppressive state.

3. A degree of social control sufficient to avoid the creation of a state appears to require that an association be highly autonomous, very small, and united by multiple bonds.

4. Creating such associations on a significant scale in the world today appears to be either impossible or highly undesirable.

These judgments support the conclusion that it would be better to try to create a satisfactory state than try to exist in a society without a state.