This all presumes that there is some sort of central government that is superior to local government. I think you need to back up a step or two and consider the validity and desirability of central government. The USA constitution is pretty specific concerning the powers of the central governmental and they are VERY limited.
Consider that the two political parties have absolute control of every level of government. That isn't even in the general vicinity of constitutional. Don't just solve problems, solve the CAUSE of the problems. That means taking a club and beating both parties into submission. Nothing less than that will solve anything.
I feel you on this general sentiment. There's an enormous amount of political (and media) pressure to centralized power and narratives. Concentrating the stakes in fewer places is a big cause of a lot of our political legitimacy problems in my opinion. I'm aiming to draw attention to this as a major problem so thanks for subscribing and reading!
For better or worse, it sounds very much like the European Union.
This all presumes that there is some sort of central government that is superior to local government. I think you need to back up a step or two and consider the validity and desirability of central government. The USA constitution is pretty specific concerning the powers of the central governmental and they are VERY limited.
Consider that the two political parties have absolute control of every level of government. That isn't even in the general vicinity of constitutional. Don't just solve problems, solve the CAUSE of the problems. That means taking a club and beating both parties into submission. Nothing less than that will solve anything.
I feel you on this general sentiment. There's an enormous amount of political (and media) pressure to centralized power and narratives. Concentrating the stakes in fewer places is a big cause of a lot of our political legitimacy problems in my opinion. I'm aiming to draw attention to this as a major problem so thanks for subscribing and reading!