About the State:

We need to stop treating these people as our friends.

We need to stop pretending and lying to ourselves that they can be defeated and turned into powerful allies to advance the values and tools we wish to see in the world.

They are not our friends.

They will not become allies, sharing a common cause with us.

They are our enemies.

It is time to stop pretending.

These people must be regarded as hostile and treated as such.