Monday, February 21, 2011
Federalism 101: Is it in the Nature of Power to Consolidate?
Posted by Find Insurance Online at 3:45 AMThere is something unAmerican about consolidated power. The financial consolidation even after the financial bailouts of 2008, is now generally known to be dangerous economically. What we don’t typically realize is that it complements political consolidation at the empire-level of Unions such as the US and EU. I suspect that many Americans have a baleful sense from the various manifestations of consolidation. We have a vague sense of a trend that seems to go against what our predecessors have stood for (i.e., against centralized power…going all the way back to George III). Let’s just say that it is in the interest of big government and big business that we continue to forget this point and continue to chase after various demons. That is to say, the anti-democratic power that has more influence in our government than even the skeptics realize does not fear the democratic element of one person, one vote, because we are scattered. Should we ever unite and take back our government, it would be interesting to see what the corporate elite does. Will they allow us to remain a democratic republic, or will they tell our government officials to give us the impression that we are in control?
Labels: American government, consolidation, empire, EU and US, European Union, federalism


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