We have allowed power to become heavily centralized across many aspects of law and culture, and representation (e.g. number of house representatives per capita)

We have allowed power to become heavily centralized across many aspects of law and culture, and representation (e.g. number of house representatives per capita). Reversing that trend is probably a good idea, if only to help keep the peace between geographies with different values and needs currently fighting to win in an all-or-nothing federal system.