Rethinking armed group control (2022)

4.3

> Regarding the state, armed groups typically seek to violently disrupt and prevent the state from fulfilling core functions, such as protecting the population and delivering essential services. This not only erodes state presence, but also undermines perceptions of state legitimacy and sends a message to the civilian population about the costs of supporting the state.

Even in (some) industrialised first-world countries there are political groups which seek to prevent the state from fulfilling core functions, such as protecting the population and delivering essential services.