3 ms·
> No EPA, no federal minimum wage, no forced integration, reduced civil rights, only direct interstate commerce being regulated. States can still do civil righ
by eru 7mo ago
> No EPA, no federal minimum wage, no forced integration, reduced civil rights, only direct interstate commerce being regulated.
States can still do civil rights etc.
- adzm 7mo agoA quick look at our history shows why this was important at a federal level.
- eru 7mo agoAnother quick look at your history also tells you why a strong federal government has downsides. Life is full of compromises, but I like me some subsidiarity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity
- jjtwixman 7mo agoSeems to have worked rather well though.
- eru 7mo agoIf it works so well, perhaps delegate authority even more centrally. To the UN or so?
- jjtwixman 7mo agoI mean you said it yourself, it's a compromise. Giving the states free reign to terrorise their populations didn't work out so great. The relatively strong federal government of more recent times however seems to have worked out not so badly. Now there's a retarded paedohpile in office starting random wars and of course all bets are off. The US political system actually probably is quite shit, but I don't think it's about centralisation vs decentralisation, but electing an unaccountable king every 4 years is just a retarded and easily exploitable system.
- eru 7mo ago> Giving the states free reign to terrorise their populations didn't work out so great. Be careful not to be anachronistic. When the US was a young country, before telegraphs and railways were widespread, most people's primary interface with the government was perhaps their municipality or at the highest level perhaps their county. > The relatively strong federal government of more recent times however seems to have worked out not so badly. I am not so sure. Different people in different parts of the country have different preferences. Much easier to satisfy them, if you don't centralise too much. > [...] but electing an unaccountable king every 4 years is just a retarded and easily exploitable system. Much better to elect 3,143 kings, one for every county. If you don't like the one your neighbours (and you) voted for, just move to the next town over.