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"state power as a means to reshape society"
Viewing this as a bad thing is a glaring admission that you already don't think of your governing entity as something which is in the service of the people it governs; like shouldn't you want your leaders to be pulling society in a positive direction, if you believe that's the point of this dogshit system? And if not, what are you suggesting instead, mother fucker?
The state already has its tendrils in fucking everything, not just in this society but in all societies, it's fucking obvious and blatant as shit dude, I swear I will never understand people who will watch like The Bourne Identity or whatever and be like "dang the US government is fucked up and scary!" and then once they shut the TV off they're like "dang I sure hope the US government beats the evil Chinese dictatorship!"
I think a lot of conservatives have this idea that the state, on average, is corrupt and wicked, and the force acting towards society's betterment is actually the corporations. When I was more in that world, they would talk about the government pushing 'political correctness' and some weak businesses were caving (like when Burger King did that rainbow burger special; that was a big deal to people around me) but brave business leaders who took a stand against this were the ones improving society. But they had a lot of other contradictory beliefs about the state. Like, the Patriot Act is an invasion of privacy, but it stops terrorists and if I have nothing to hide... Or the government is corrupt and evil, but if I vote hard enough maybe that'll fix it. I'm starting to realize the people around me have not incorrect politics, but completely incoherent ones.
My favorite are the "the second amendment is there in case of government tyranny" folks who lose their minds the moment you suggest shooting at cops, who are the very definition of tyrannical government.