“Ethnicity and tribe began, by definition, where sovereignty and taxes ended. The ethnic zone was feared and stigmatized by state rhetoric precisely because it was beyond its grasp and therefore an example of defiance and an ever-present temptation to those who might wish to evade the state.” TaxesCivil DisobedienceEthnicityStatismTribalismShatter Belt Book:The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia Source: The Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia