{"id":14890,"date":"2021-06-14T15:32:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T19:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=14890"},"modified":"2021-06-14T15:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T19:32:38","slug":"max-mortons-latest-federalism-is-key-to-surviving-a-divided-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/14\/max-mortons-latest-federalism-is-key-to-surviving-a-divided-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Morton’s Latest – Federalism is Key to Surviving a Divided Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

This guy Max Morton has so far always had something interesting to say<\/a>.\u00a0 He starts this essay out by saying that endlessly kvetching about the latest atrocity out of Washington is not only useless but self-defeating because instead of doing anything to stop the atrocity we just stand there pointing at it.<\/p>\n

“It is fruitless to continue arguing the same tired Left\/Right arguments. \u201cOwning the libs\u201d on Twitter, relentlessly calling out the hypocrisy of our political opponents, and focusing our time and attention on outrageous content may be entertaining, but it won\u2019t save us from the oppression and serfdom of the authoritarian oligarchy that is presently\u00a0transforming<\/i> America.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

He gives as an example the Biden administration’s attempt to ban AR pistols.<\/p>\n

“The conservative commentariat\u2019s response has been loudly to point out that this will have little or no effect on the effort to quell gun violence. Really? Does anyone honestly believe the regime\u2019s interest in banning tens of millions of legally owned firearms and potentially making millions of law-abiding Americans\u00a0felons overnight is for the purpose of reducing gun violence? This has nothing to do with preventing gun violence and everything to do with disarming American citizens\u2014a longtime, major plank of the Democratic Party and an essential step towards authoritarian rule for every dictator in modern history.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Morton is saying that the effective action is to have the state you live in protect your rights as specified in the Constitution.\u00a0 In other words let the state nullify any federal overreach into our rights but use the federal government for the functions such as defense, highways and trade that it’s supposed to be in charge of.<\/p>\n

Now of course the devil is in the details.\u00a0 Basically he’s saying the state government is going to have to step up and arbitrate the way in which it will tame the federal government.\u00a0 and that needs to be specified.\u00a0 So there aren’t any concrete examples beyond what we are seeing from DeSantis in Florida and to a lesser extent Abbott in Texas.\u00a0 So I would say this is only a partial answer to the question Morton is asking.\u00a0 But the fact that he is telling the outrage mongers to shut up and do something useful is very useful.\u00a0 Basically he is saying you can stop sounding the alarm we can all see the fire burning from where we’re standing.\u00a0 Now someone get a bucket brigade going and maybe we can put it out.<\/p>\n

An interesting read.<\/p>\n

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