re: #492 Van Helsing

First time I’ve been asked to do so - congratulations. I’m sure you’ll be hated for it later.

From observation it seems that progressives think that an enlightened, omnipotent government can solve problems better than a localized, more accountable government entity can.
My view is the opposite.

Further, as an anti-progressive myself, problems can best be solved at at more local level.

Boots on the ground only count if they are on the CORRECT ground.

Local control is easier for people to keep track of as opposed to a Federal Behemoth (not slumbering) that is impossible to keep track.

Some problems cannot be solved at a local level: Immigration, for example. Resource management is another.

And as we were seeing in the 1960, basic civil rights were not being guaranteed in certain areas of the USA.

We got a bit carried away with the role of a federal government, and I am always in favor of a local solution when it is practicable.