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[–] Mylon 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Pretty dense read. This guy loves to spam citations from antiquated writings and his own writing has a similar style. Just following his link about "who really won the American Revolutionary war" seems to take a while leading into how it was simply a power swap. Going from one strong central government (Britain) to another (US Federal government).

The entire article is set up to contest the idea of a strong federal government. While a respectable viewpoint, the key part about the difference between northern businessmen and southern farmers highlights the reason everything settled as it did. Stronger governments are a natural result of more advanced and developed societies. Weaker governments only work for areas of low population and simple economics. The entire argument is an idealistic view of how things ought to be, but omits the realities that resolving more complicated disputes is not a simple process. In the absence of a strong state, a state-like entity will arise and it may not be very kind. Examples: Mafia, Triad, Yakuza, drug cartels, or even 'legal' crime syndicates like price fixing oligopolies.

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[–] Unreasonable 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

The US Federal Government was supposed to be more of an administrative role until Lincoln started the first war raged by the US Feds when they aggressively invaded the Southern Confederated States. Lincoln set the Incorporated USA Inc. on it's bloody imperialistic war footing.

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[–] Mylon ago 

Yes, the Civil War was a power grab, but particular article I addressed tries to make the case that it was about federal power even in the Revolutionary War. His Civil War piece is likely similar, but I can't be bothered to actually check given his writing style.

I think a strong federal government is important to keep out criminal organizations, but it's a fine balancing act to make sure it isn't a criminal organization in itself. Some crime is inevitable. Some corruption is inevitable. The key is finding the right amount of government that keeps both of these low.

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