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On May 15, 2022 at 2:33 am, Hudson H Luce said:
In the reconsideration of Roe v Wade, the actual fight is whether the Federal government should be able to dictate policy on all matters of real importance to the states, or whether the states should be able to exercise this policy making power on their own without Federal interference. It’s over an Anti-Federalist doctrine known as Constitutional Federalism, which was adopted so that predominantly rural, Anti-Federalist states would participate in a confederation with largely urban Federalist states – the compromise was that states would decide matters of internal importance on their own, with only matters which applied to all of the states in the confederation, such as commerce between the states, foreign trade and policy, and defense against foreign enemies being under the control of the consolidated federal government. The same urban/rural split continues today, you can see it graphically in red/blue county electoral maps, the same division that has persisted through the entire history of the United States. The Federalists of today are the Democratic and Republican Party Establishments, the Anti-Federalists, those who actively oppose them. And the Federalists, now as then, seek unlimited centralized power, the Anti-Federalists seek devolution of power to the states (and subdivisions which make up the states, for the same red/blue split is seen in most of the states.) The Federalists have nearly all of the representation, the Anti-Federalists have nearly none – but without the Anti-Federalists, the Federalists would be nothing – you can’t eat culture… https://streamfortyseven.substack.com/p/whats-really-at-stake-in-the-reconsideration
On May 15, 2022 at 2:39 am, Hudson H Luce said:
Two famous Anti-Federalists were Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson, both from rural areas; two famous Federalists were Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, both of New York City, and both of whom made their fortunes on Wall Street. It was John Jay who said “those who own the country should rule it”…