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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.
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.