What is the role of the 'state' or public functions in a commons-centric society?

I have argued for several years that one of the functions is to guarantee 'contributory equality', or equipotentiality, as the commons themselves are no guarantee for overall equality.

French commoners are continuously innovating and fabricating concepts and practices that are very often way beyond the anglo-saxon world, which gets all the attention.

Here is another example, from 'author unknown' (Tetris ?); a marriage between Ostrom and Sen, which gives us the 'commons of capabilities':

https://tetrisrecherche.wordpress.com/2017/12/29/les-capteurs-de-communs-de-capabilites-un-outil-danalyse-des-ptce/

See also how Genevieve Fontaine adds 3 more criteria to the eight principles of Ostrom, in order to insure 'inclusionary' commons,

Michel

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