Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely stupid

Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by hattmall on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @03:03AM (#30999532)

You can frame it the same way too as states making things legal that are illegal in other states. But that's kind of the whole point of states, is for them to be different. It's not actually disintegrating the nation, it's providing choices. The problem comes when states use the federal government to attempt to override other states. If each state can just do their own thing and as a country we focus on prosperity, mutual aid and defense then our similarities bring us together more than our differences push us apart.

Each state is supposed to be different. Diversity is wealth. The disintegration is the forcing of everything to be the same.

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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by lovich on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @05:06AM (#31000236)

I’m not talking about the states making things differently legal within their borders. I’m taking about things like the laws that make it illegal for you to get an abortion in another state where abortion is legal. It’s one state infringing on the rights of another state unless you view people as citizens of their states and not the country as a whole. That’s why I am asking how it isn’t breaking up a cohesive nation.

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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by nradov on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @08:44AM (#31001873)

People literally are citizens of both their states and the country as a whole. For better our worse, the USA was intentionally structured that way with dual sovereignty.

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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by lovich on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:58AM (#31003598)

Yes, but the states have a sovereignty that is equal to each other. They aren’t allowed to make conduct illegal that occurs in other states. Even if it was legal it’s not part of being a cohesive country.

The post I responded to originally implied that having the federal government enforce standards would lead to “The long term disintegration” of the country. I am pointing out that without the federal government enforcing standards we are already seeing states set up a long term disintegration of the country.

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Re:Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely... by giantg2 on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @10:44AM (#31003423)

Aka, the largely ignored 10th Ammendment.

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