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Mike Wicklein's avatar

you're right. Any time a minority in power attempts to control the agenda like the Southern Planter aristocracy by secession and now this law, it just leads to bad results for the minority trying to impose their will. And it's all going to be painful in the process for a lot of people.

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Frederick's avatar

I just realized after reading your insights w the Southern Planter aristocracy, that states rights have a tendency to insure inequality. But not always. For instance, ME and AZ allow for government supported funding for state elections, including for governor. ME also allows for Ranked Choice Voting. However, the states rights inclusion in our democracy allows for suppression, because it challenges the federal role in assuring civil liberties.

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Mike Wicklein's avatar

You are certainly correct...and the "majority" opinion sometimes needs help getting to the right place. Southern secession is our "most extreme" states rights battle to date. We need to be teaching that the Civil War was fought because the CSA was an attempt to create a nation trying to preserve slavery.

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