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“States’ rights” has always been selectively enforced, and mainly exists as propaganda to justify specific policies to low-information voters. Before you laud t
by matthewdgreen 7y ago
“States’ rights” has always been selectively enforced, and mainly exists as propaganda to justify specific policies to low-information voters. Before you laud the Bush administration on this, go look up their approach to enforcing Federal drug laws in states that legalized medical marijuana.
- mindslight 7y ago"laud the Bush administration" ?!! You grossly misread my comment. I meant I miss having more political common ground with many friends, as it was when their concerns were on the receiving end of the out-of-control federal government. During the Bush years, with the wars/gitmo/patriot act they were reading up on Constitutional law and buying guns. During the Obama years they switched to explaining how pushing people to buy into the corporate health "insurance" racket was a good idea. I've come to the conclusion that the main function of voting is to make the winning voters think they asked for the ensuing policies.