one thing i appreciate is how massively and fractally federalized power in the US is the government actually has great difficulty in doing much on a federal scale in the face of resistance by localities and this seems to be becoming more true
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but it goes further. local areas also ignore state laws. gun control is a common example, many sheriffs often just say "naw we dont care what the capitol says were not gonna enforce it" fractal
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anyway i am a law disrespecter and im more worried about scaled shitty government than local shitty government because Exit exists and the easier Exit becomes the better. so I see this as beautiful and good even if there are marginal cases where national unity would be efficient
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if china ever becomes hegemon I proposed we adopt 天高皇帝远 as a new national motto
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