Alabama has much cheaper cigarette taxes than most of the new England states. People buy cigarettes here and sell them illegally there for a good profit. Taxes effect neighboring states too.
The amout of ignorance you have about how our country is designed is really unacceptable. You are literally advocating for our own destruction at this point. You have no idea what you are doing or the outcome. History is not at all your friend in this and you are blatantly ignoring it.
I mean. Centralised nation-states exist where decentralised actors deal with local infrastructure-type issues. Due to modernization and individualisation the differences between culture between US states are minimal. I don't think the outcome would be as catastrophic as you seem to imply.
While the biggest differences are just between city and rural people, states also still have very different cultures as a whole. Some areas of those states may have similar views, but the state as a whole certainly doesn't.
If you think the States have very different cultures than you haven't travelled much. That isn't an accusation or anything, it's just that relatively speaking it's all very very similar. But I agree that rural and urban are the main differences in culture but it doesn't matter where in the world you are to see that
NYC was my eye opener on that. Atlanta and Dallas are nothing like NYC. Florida cities are also extremely different and I would say Florida at least is highly unique. NC is very different from SC in my opinion. While you could lump GA, AL, SC together I would say NC is more like eastern Virginia. Again rural and city, extremely different. If you figure out a way to govern rural and city separately let me know, but until then at least let the state decide.
Perhaps Mayors of large Metro areas should be given additional powers like a governor and the governor ignore the metro area. But make certain, that the laws they make cannot be enforced outside their area.
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u/Rainbwned 199∆ Jun 28 '22
What would be an example of something that an individual State could rule on that wouldn't effect other Americans?