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The more that politics become local the more this all goes away. States need to be at the foreront again
by SubiculumCode 7y ago
The more that politics become local the more this all goes away. States need to be at the foreront again
- ereyes01 7y agoI'd go further and argue that city-states make the most sense in today's world, with a federal government to arbitrate resources and defense. US state boundaries are quite arbitrary with respect to how actual communities are organized on the map.
- SubiculumCode 7y agoBut you have an option to move to a new state that fits your beliefs. Much harder to do when it is a Federal system with a single law for all thr lands.
- creato 7y agoThere are plenty of examples of more local politics leading to worse outcomes. For example: balkanized cities zoning for too many offices and not enough housing, and jurisdictions racing to the bottom of tax policy to entice business.
- SubiculumCode 7y agoThere are plenty of examples where Federal law created worse outcomes in a particular locality, but is much harder to change the law because its Federal.
- creato 7y agoI'm not claiming the federal government is better. Only that it isn't obvious that more local = automatically better. Both approaches have drawbacks and advantages.