Re: The Joy Of Democracy

On 2024-10-25, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2024-10-25 5:26 a.m., RonB wrote:

On 2024-10-23, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:09:09 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
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Considering who lives in places like Los Angeles and New York City, I
don't see why anyone would be willing to give them as much power as they
want.

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Why should the value of your vote depend on where you live?

 
Because each state is sovereign and they entered into the Union with
specific guarantees. Constitutionally the Federal Government is supposed to
be limited to only a few powers, like defense of the country and a national
post office. The states are supposed to hold the bulk of the authority over
their citizens. It would be (and is in practice) tyranny when the Federal
government oversteps its limitations.

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The stupid want the federal government to have powers that supercede
those of states. In many cases, they already have what they want.
Unfortunately, the very fact that they are stupid means that they don't
see how the centralization of power would no less destructive in the
21st century as it was in the Roman Empire.

The U.S. founders were well aware of the dangers of a tyrannical central
government. That's why they allowed gun ownership and checks and balances in
the Constitution, freedom of speech and religion.

Unfortunately it seems like the Woke get some kind of strange pleasure out
of kowtowing to tyrants. I guess control freaks like being control freaked.
I don't know why they would, but that seems kind of sick to me.

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