The idea of the state is that nothing is higher than them.  They despise religion, truth, and anything else where the state isn’t number one.  The philosophy is really a scheme.  Religion and truth are inversely proportional to the state.  The former shrinks at the growth of the latter.  “Political science” isn’t a science at all.  It’s the aping of science.  More precisely, it’s a revolt against nature.

Every individual has value.  Nobody has the right to harm another.  The state believes the individual doesn’t have value.  The state comes before all individuals.  Reason could tell you this, but reason has been conquered by public education.  That is where truth dies, and you learn to repeat that the state is above all else.  By doing so, the state has inserted itself as the ultimate ideal in your world.

The state may even appear to be consistent with individual values.  They might even write it down, and promise not to go beyond what’s written.  This is to hide their true goals.  Various legal documents are written to stamp their authority over individuals.  It has nothing to do with limiting their power.  It’s disguised as limiting state power to fool the public.  No one would ever agree to such a contract.

Just as Nietzsche pointed out: The state is the slow suicide of all.  The state has its origin in conquest.  It still retains power by conquest.  It’s not a physical one but a mental one.  It’s the same in kind.  It just differs on the details of the conquest.  Legitimation is based on the tacit consent from those in subjection.  It’s easy to get a tacit public with a terrible education.  That so-called education is terrible by design.

The state presents itself as a mythical moloch.  Doing away with other religions will leave one left—statism.  Yes, statism is a religion.  Voting for a leader doesn’t make them legitimate.  This gives them the impression that they’re divine.  Truth isn’t determined by popular vote.  Voting virtually assures the worst rise to the top.  They aren’t public servants.  It’s the opposite.  The public are the servants.

Reference

Otto Gierke; Political Theories of the Middle Age