The state functions as an ideological mask concealing actual political practices

Evidence

The state is not the reality which stands behind the mask of political practice. It is itself the mask which prevents our seeing political practice as it is. — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 633 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: National unity is a falsehood masking class division within states — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 339; Model prisons and observer credulity masked Soviet state terror — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1132; The hyper-militarised state deceives itself before deceiving its citizens — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1449 (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• The state conceals rather than reveals actual political practice #corroborates (0.97) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 633