I am a 23 year old Canadian and I love the United States. I love the idea of it, I love what it stands for, and I love its constitution. I most of all love its (original) ingenious idea of federalism and states as sovereign countries within a larger union. You can't apply a one-size-fits-all set of policies to a country of three hundred million like you can in a comparatively tiny one like the Scandinavian countries or even Canada and expect the same levels of success or efficiency. If people in one state want legalized cannabis and single payer healthcare, and those in another want a flat tax of 2% and unrestricted right to bear arms including assault rifles, well that's excellent and it is within their rights as citizens of their respective states to be able to create such. This is of course on top of the minority rights they possess as citizens of the union. This means that they don't have to worry about their state trampling their Deity-given rights.
Unfortunately, through the aftermath of a civil war, a series of poorly thought out constitutional amendments, and the SCOTUS becoming bat-sh!t insane and turning the meaning of the commerce clause on its head, America has lost its way. The welfare state, the drug war (which is the federal creation and enforcement of criminal law, the exclusive purvue of the state governments)and FEDERAL LEVEL healthcare, are all unconstitutional. As I will be discussing these sorts of things, this can be considered a political blog, though not exclusively such. I will also discuss whatever I'm interested in, but obviously the above topics are going to be the primary focus.
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