A good civics lesson for those who have forgotten/never learned about state's rights.
You put the abortion issue into perspective when you point out that 80% of the population is outside of the radical position of either extreme. A good, thoughtful essay.
I love that you point out that the real authority was supposed to reside with the individual, formerly-sovereign states. Most people of pretty much any political persuasion have been brainwashed into believing in federal supremacy over the last 150 years or so. Pretty much since Lincoln, really.
It is refreshing to discover that I’m not the last one alive who still believes in State sovereignty.
Interestingly, the Constitution itself shouldn’t even exist. When the State’s delegates met for the so-called Constitutional Convention, their authority was ONLY to propose improvements/amendments to the Articles of Confederation. They quite illegitimately decided instead to create a whole new government, which was almost guaranteed to result in federal superiority. If I recall correctly, the New York delegation even left early and didn’t vote on the Constitution, as they feared punishment from their State if they took part in a clear violation of the original intent.
To return briefly you your abortion topic, I think it was a very levelheaded analysis, and that is coming from an admitted member of the 10% pro-life side.
I look forward to reading more of your thoughts as a fellow radical individualist. Or if not an individualist, technically, perhaps a free-thinker anyhow.
At least I feel like one, as a pro-life, anti-war, pro-capitalist, anti-globalist, pro-legalization, anti-federalist certainly doesn’t have a comfortable political home anywhere these days...
I'll say this about the constitution: It WAS ratified by the states. I think we needed it, or something like it. What we DON'T need is two political parties that ignore the constitution on a continual basis. It's not that the federal government has usurped the authority of the sates (although it certainly has), it's that two political parties operate at all levels of government such that we now have uni-government. Checks and balances died a long time ago. We night as well be China, or worse yet, Canada.
That you don't have a political home anywhere indicates that you think for yourself. Imagine if EVERYONE did that!
You are correct that the states did ratify the Constitution, of course. The fact that the current uniparty of unlimited spending and perpetual war blatant ignores that Constitution is certainly the primary concern. The fact that our brainwashed voting population overwhelmingly supports is a bit of a concern as well...
I think the Constitution was doomed to end with a centralized federal power, however. It’s just human nature at work. Check out the opposition of George Mason and Patrick Henry (among others) sometime. Nostradamus couldn’t have predicted ourany better.
A good civics lesson for those who have forgotten/never learned about state's rights.
You put the abortion issue into perspective when you point out that 80% of the population is outside of the radical position of either extreme. A good, thoughtful essay.
Nice piece for sure.
I love that you point out that the real authority was supposed to reside with the individual, formerly-sovereign states. Most people of pretty much any political persuasion have been brainwashed into believing in federal supremacy over the last 150 years or so. Pretty much since Lincoln, really.
It is refreshing to discover that I’m not the last one alive who still believes in State sovereignty.
Interestingly, the Constitution itself shouldn’t even exist. When the State’s delegates met for the so-called Constitutional Convention, their authority was ONLY to propose improvements/amendments to the Articles of Confederation. They quite illegitimately decided instead to create a whole new government, which was almost guaranteed to result in federal superiority. If I recall correctly, the New York delegation even left early and didn’t vote on the Constitution, as they feared punishment from their State if they took part in a clear violation of the original intent.
To return briefly you your abortion topic, I think it was a very levelheaded analysis, and that is coming from an admitted member of the 10% pro-life side.
I look forward to reading more of your thoughts as a fellow radical individualist. Or if not an individualist, technically, perhaps a free-thinker anyhow.
At least I feel like one, as a pro-life, anti-war, pro-capitalist, anti-globalist, pro-legalization, anti-federalist certainly doesn’t have a comfortable political home anywhere these days...
I'll say this about the constitution: It WAS ratified by the states. I think we needed it, or something like it. What we DON'T need is two political parties that ignore the constitution on a continual basis. It's not that the federal government has usurped the authority of the sates (although it certainly has), it's that two political parties operate at all levels of government such that we now have uni-government. Checks and balances died a long time ago. We night as well be China, or worse yet, Canada.
That you don't have a political home anywhere indicates that you think for yourself. Imagine if EVERYONE did that!
You are correct that the states did ratify the Constitution, of course. The fact that the current uniparty of unlimited spending and perpetual war blatant ignores that Constitution is certainly the primary concern. The fact that our brainwashed voting population overwhelmingly supports is a bit of a concern as well...
I think the Constitution was doomed to end with a centralized federal power, however. It’s just human nature at work. Check out the opposition of George Mason and Patrick Henry (among others) sometime. Nostradamus couldn’t have predicted ourany better.
It seems that it always comes down to people who want easy answers, without regard to whether they're true or not.