They (the state) want it to be political because they (the state) do not want to separate money from state.
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The state can participate in hashing and establish their place within the emerging dominance hierarchy, which is exactly what they are going to do. They won't be able to "print" currency anymore, but they can and will physically compete to control as much hash power as they can. This is how natural dominance hierarchies work in nature and its how it will work here.