He's not talking about rounding up criminals. This thread was kicked off with the subject of marriage and whether or not the state should be involved in it.
This may be a difficult concept to grasp, but many social institutions do and often should exist outside and apart from the state and they have their own modes of enforcement involving shared social norms of that particular community.
A broken marriage contract within a particular community might be met with community disapproval and ostracization, for example.
However, if someone in the community decides to murder the offending party, then the state is involved because a basic human right has been violated.
Re: Society? Who is that?
This may be a difficult concept to grasp, but many social institutions do and often should exist outside and apart from the state and they have their own modes of enforcement involving shared social norms of that particular community.
A broken marriage contract within a particular community might be met with community disapproval and ostracization, for example.
However, if someone in the community decides to murder the offending party, then the state is involved because a basic human right has been violated.