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It illustrates the way the "leave it up to the states" argument grates on some ears. It's a slippery slope argument, which is not automatically faulty. It is a
by jfengel 2y ago
It illustrates the way the "leave it up to the states" argument grates on some ears. It's a slippery slope argument, which is not automatically faulty. It is a call to know how you expect things to not slide down.
If the suggestion is "anything shy of complete chattel slavery", people get worried.
- IncreasePosts 2y agoWhy have states at all then? Why not just one giant national government?
- Uvix 2y agoThe US has been that since 1861.
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- SpaceNugget 2y agoWhy have a federal government at all if states are perfectly well suited to all forms of human rights oversight, lawmaking, etc?
- int_19h 2y agoCollective defense?