> I have four orders of magnitude more influence over my city council rep than I do over my president. And yet you need the federal government to defend your r

> I have four orders of magnitude more influence over my city council rep than I do over my president. And yet you need the federal government to defend your right to select which state to live in if you decide that you want to move https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saenz_v._Roe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saenz_v._Roe Believe it or not, the current situation yields tons of power to your state, just not powers that involve anything outside of the state (wars, interstate commerce, etc)