Re:South Carolina bill outlaws websites that tell how to get...
by jfengel on Friday July 22, 2022 @12:00PM
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"Left to the states" means "not left up to you".
The phrase is often used as if it's meant to suggest that they're fighting off federal government overreach. In fact, it's used exactly to allow them to have overreach over you, at the level that they can make it happen. When they get the opportunity to control it at the federal level, it will stop being "left to the states".
It's very much about denying individual liberties, using Orwellian language making it seem otherwise.
The phrase is often used as if it's meant to suggest that they're fighting off federal government overreach. In fact, it's used exactly to allow them to have overreach over you, at the level that they can make it happen. When they get the opportunity to control it at the federal level, it will stop being "left to the states".
It's very much about denying individual liberties, using Orwellian language making it seem otherwise.