Neville, Rav Kook seems to say that he is a movement. Perhaps he is the State of Israel. This might not be an abstract concept but an entity. Similarly, both Rav Kook and Rav Soloveichik say that a tzibbor is an entity by itself. Thus, according to RS, we continue to say Chazarat HaShatz even though all have siddurim and need not motzied. RK goes on to say that unlike other nations, which are only collections of individuals, Am Yisrael is a collective entity with the individual its limbs and organs similar to the relationship between an individual person and his limbs and organs.
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