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It's still an orthogonal question. We can rephrase more specifically: "is the legal purview the federal government over residents of the United States at its gr
by jakelazaroff 8y ago
It's still an orthogonal question. We can rephrase more specifically: "is the legal purview the federal government over residents of the United States at its greatest extent since the founding of the country?"
- nec4b 8y agoThe answer is unambiguous yes. There has never been more laws, more agencies, more regulation, more government employees and so on.
- jakelazaroff 8y agoIf you're only counting number, sure. But there's not a single regulation we have now that impacts lives more than the ones we used to have that said other people could literally own you.