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> our particular system of government is a bit shit, and keeps getting worse the better everyone gets at gaming it. I agree that a "Union of States," being pro
by dvt 4y ago
> our particular system of government is a bit shit, and keeps getting worse the better everyone gets at gaming it.
I agree that a "Union of States," being profoundly anti-federalist, is a pretty shit way of running a homogeneous world power with a shared language, shared culture, and (for the most part) shared ideals.
The US fundamentally changed after the Civil War (which was probably the breaking point of anti-federalism) but unfortunately the Constitution didn't change along with it.
- MockObject 4y agoI can't tell if you're advocating for more centralism, or less.
- mbauman 4y agoThe comment seems to be more descriptive than prescriptive.
- HardlyCurious 4y agoThe US is more akin to the EU than it is to a normal country. I don't think that is necessarily good or bad, it just is. But I don't know if I understand your bit about shared culture, language, and ideas... Would that imply that we should share a govt with the UK and Australia? Or if oceans are the breaking point, at least Canada?
- imbnwa 4y agoBut you can leave the EU without warring for it
- crocodiletears 4y agoI think the intersection of culture and ideals between different regions in the US is too small to merit a description of the country as homogenous. And that intersection is becoming increasingly smaller with the collapse of mass media and the balkanization of media preferences (news and entertainment). We have a shared cultural history, but we can't even come close to a consensus on its interpretation.