You need decentralized security. Consolidating power to fewer and fewer people, governments, departments makes it easier for a single person to obtain a positio

You need decentralized security. Consolidating power to fewer and fewer people, governments, departments makes it easier for a single person to obtain a position of trust and abuse the entire system. This is why we should repeal the 17th amendment. It's easier (and less expensive) to persuade the populace and buy an election (and buy a Senator) than it is to persuade numerous state legislatures and buy numerous state legislatures. Swing and buy 51 elections and buy 51 senators or try to influence and swing 26 state legislatures consisting of hundreds of people in order to achieve the same results. Consolidation of power is a bad thing.