That's the theory, sure, but it's never actually worked that way in practice, so far as my experience has gone. In practice, I find that I am less frequently di

That's the theory, sure, but it's never actually worked that way in practice, so far as my experience has gone. In practice, I find that I am less frequently disappointed or confused, and more frequently able to accomplish my goals and make sense of the world I live in, when I think of levels of government above that of the city as increasingly alien organizations. The US federal government might as well be a foreign occupying imperial power.