The debate about national divorce signifies America has lost its way. There already exists a well-established uncontroversial word for national divorce: federalism. It is the idea that America’s 50 states can act independently of each other with different laws, only sharing some national scaffolding to hold the nation together as one. Even better: It’s already in the constitution.
Why is there even a debate about introducing something that already is at the core of the United States? And why is it controversial? It signifies how far away from the original constitution the nation has drifted.
Thinking to use the corrupted, entrenched power structure to fix problems they caused is naive at best.
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The debate about national divorce signifies America has lost its way. There already exists a well-established uncontroversial word for national divorce: federalism. It is the idea that America’s 50 states can act independently of each other with different laws, only sharing some national scaffolding to hold the nation together as one. Even better: It’s already in the constitution.
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Why is there even a debate about introducing something that already is at the core of the United States? And why is it controversial? It signifies how far away from the original constitution the nation has drifted.
Thinking to use the corrupted, entrenched power structure to fix problems they caused is naive at best.
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