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Originally Posted by Hasbinbad
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..and before you give me any of that "state's rights" bullshit, please consider how the very few states were originally organized versus how the many states are now, both demographically and when considering the purpose of each organization.
We are not 13 states with very different goals, confederated in terms of a mutual defense and interest treaty as we were when these things were of paramount importance. In 2011, we are one nation.
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That's BS and you know it. People in California/Washington clearly have a different lifestyle from those in Tennessee/Kentucky. Why should they be ruled by laws mandated 2500 miles away by people with no knowledge of their day to day lives or no interest in learning about them?
The goal of politicians is to get richer by fleecing Americans, we can agree to that, yes? So don't even start on how they elect representatives and send them to DC. Without any knowledge of the views of the pollsters in KY/TN, this is purely hypothetical, but why should they get a say in whether or not gay marriage or recreational marijuana is legal in CA/WA?
They shouldn't. Neither should anybody in NY, TX, OH, WI, or FL.
We are more fractal now than we've ever been. There are some intrastate economies that are more powerful than ever (Texas), and some that are crumbling internally (California), so why should we trust someone from Massachusetts to try to fix either one?