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To: kech who wrote (768932)	10/2/2022 11:18:28 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	6 Recommendations Recommended By Alan Smithee alanrs garrettjax Hoa Hao pak73 and 1 more member Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793659

< we have checks and balances against Centralization of power in US> We used to. When Washington was President, Federal powers were: 1. Diplomacy 2. Military 3. Interstate commerce 4. not much else But since the late 1800s, there has been an accelerating trend to a Unitary centralized decision-making. One by one, on issue after issue, the power gets stripped from citizens and States. So, when liberals are in power, they do things that infuriate conservatives (gay marriage, not a choice, mandated everywhere). Republicans in power try to force everyone to follow their ideology (McConnell wants to ban abortion everywhere). Neither Democrats nor Republicans believe in States Rights anymore. We are not a Federal Republic. That is a label, not a reality. There is no effective restraint on centralized power.