antagon
The Man
- Dec 6, 2009
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maybe i cant say what editec was referring to with the clarity ive claimed. i know that it would require being desperately uninformed about america to fail to understand the extents of state rights despite the civil war. i dont think ed is in that basket. it sounds like a reference to the articles of confederation to me.The system they tried was Federalism, you Jack Ass.
clearly the man is referring to the articles of confederacy experiment.
Our form of Federalism is what he referred to. Federalism is anti Strong Centralized Authority, plain and simple. Totalitarianism, is the threat, Tyranny. The defense, Enumerated Co-Equal distribution of Powers, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. Federal, State, and Local. Each with It's sphere of influence and authority. Checks and balances. Centralized one size fits all is the last thing we need. It is the Tyrant's Perfect Storm. Clearly the man is implying that State's Right's died with the Confederacy.
i think federalism is just what it has turned out to be, but it is not the confederate, 'anti-strong' claim that you've made. the federal government is explicitly declared supreme in the constitution in a way that is simpler and plainer than the extents of the enumerated powers of congress. within the sphere of government, the federal government holds significant power.
i believe the qualm of the founders was with the power of government visa vis the constituency as far as consensus went. even though not everyone thought that an explicit bill of rights was necessary, it was understood that the government was not meant to involve itself deeply in people's lives in the ways dear enough to make that bill of rights in the end.
the idea that confederacy or any other face of state supremacy was agreed among those who abandoned the articles in favor of a federal system with explicit supremacy to that centralized government is a logical indication that your perspective was not the prevailing one at the time, or at any time thereafter.