The conversation I had today was absolutely bonkers. My colleague explained how he wanted power within the government structure to be bottom-up(ie, local government holds the reigns to keep federal in check). I then proceed to explain how his advocacy for centralized federal systems accomplishes the exact opposite of that by placing more power in the hands of the federal government ensuring a top-down structure. He agreed that his policies would indeed do that...and then proceeded to argue for them anyway.
His attempt to weasel out was some platitudes about how we just need more local governments to tell the federal government to go fuck itself(in this case state senators was the example used).
It's truly infuriating.
The conversation I had today was absolutely bonkers. My colleague explained how he wanted power within the government structure to be bottom-up(ie, local government holds the reigns to keep federal in check). I then proceed to explain how his advocacy for centralized federal systems accomplishes the exact opposite of that by placing more power in the hands of the federal government ensuring a top-down structure. He agreed that his policies would indeed do that...and then proceeded to argue for them anyway.
His attempt to weasel out was some platitudes about how we just need more local governments to tell the federal government to go fuck itself(in this case state senators was the example used).
These people are truly beyond salvation.