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  1.  @user-lc5hr2pe1b  yeah there’s much that needs fixing in the US
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  2. Agree but at the same time the centralization of federal government at the expense of more decentralized federalism is very much the cause of many issues. Such as fearing a conservative Supreme Court will undo won progress, the consolidation of executive powers, and military adventurism etc… We shouldn’t be a Unitary State. The whole point of the Federal Constitution is that if any State were not following it, they should be kicked out of the Union, or those illiberal policies struck down. But at some point the Left has to reconcile that decentralization and federalism is the historical left wing position
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  3. I think it’s time the political Left return to their roots of decentralization and federation. Just cause State’s have more autonomy doesn’t mean regression, in fact liberal states would be far better off as they’re the hub of central commerce, industry, and culture. The consolidation of federal powers is what has lead us to this period of gridlock, doing nothing for climate crisis, and overreaching unitary state where national government and politics is this large behemoth that decides all our rights and liberties. State’s rights historically being an excuse for State’s tyranny doesn’t mean there isn’t merit in decentralization. Historically the forces of Federal enlargement has been capitalist-industrialist agenda to consolidate markets and foster the proletariat class of wage workers. The Left needs to look to it’s libertarian roots and not fear political decentralization but embrace it. Yes there will be reactionaries trying to take control of the constituent States, but we see this now in the Federal government. Don’t fear opposition, challenge them, and make all States of the Union more progressive with every generation. Of course the more liberal and progressive states would challenge the regressive and reactionary policies from any conservative states, and the citizens of each state will also fight for progress under any circumstances. We can’t allow authority to be vested in one locale, one large government, one imperial power. The American empire starts at home, making the national everything and the locale nothing.
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  4.  @LittleAl016  right on
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  5.  @yurikendal4868  laws don’t work for anything
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  6. Hell no. I’m a leftist and I disagree with that position. Political decentralization is the historical left wing position. I agree much more with Murray Bookchin about political decentralization and federation. The consolidation of federal power and authority is a scary proposition in itself.
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