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Fred WI's avatar

Me thinks that the goal among conservatives is to achieve a confederacy of states, rather than a union. It was the dissenting opinion in 1789 and has remained the belief of conservatives since that time and the intent of the founding fathers so argued by originalists. The current Republican Party is merely the mantle, the robe, for local authority, a nation of self-directed states.

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KellyR's avatar

Except when truly local governments want to impose a mask mandate (e.g., St. Augustine, FL) and the Governor signs an Executive Order making it illegal.

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Diane Love (St Petersburg FL)'s avatar

Odd how that works isnтАЩt it? Heads I win, tails you loose. All hypocrisy and double speak.

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Grace Kennedy's avatar

States rights, unless we need SCOTUS to install a president.

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Hope Lindsay's avatar

SCROTUS already blew that, too, with the Gore v Bush election.

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Grace Kennedy's avatar

ThatтАЩs right. They also allowed TrumpтАЩs Muslim ban as being in the best interest of the nation, but now thereтАЩs a democrat in the White House, so that rule is out.

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Fred WI's avatar

Year is 1789. Can't edit posting. And I am not advocating for that position. Also, not all states in the Confederacy in 1865 were equal in influence and leadership in all things important (military, trade, foreign relations, culture). Those got carried out in a couple of states/capitols.

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John Bruner's avatar

And that takes us all the way back to ancient Greece and a democracy built around city-states... Talk about conservative!

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