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The 'now' I'm thinking of dates back to the mid-1970s. We've been eroding both the customary and practical restrictions on government power for a very long time, and relied on politicians not making any sudden moves and spooking the horses. Now we have people who are fully willing to exploit the available power to its limit.
We cut down all the laws to get at the Devil we imagined, and are now finding that we can't stand in the winds that blow.
Comment by GameboyPATH at 04/02/2025 at 22:48 UTC
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I agree!
But what does eroding restrictions of government power have to do with federal government no longer being in charge of things like running a military, collecting taxes, or managing immigration and citizenship? Wouldn't it be the opposite? Where the feds would want to control as much of these things as possible?