Conservatives keep telling me that states are “abusing the 10th Amendment…” and are far more dangerous than the federal government.

And while I readily acknowledge that all the states suck - all governments will do whatever evil they can get away with - the notion that…

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...these awful state governments are somehow more dangerous than the largest government in the history of the planet - the largest empire in the history of the planet - is just...misinformed.

Utter bullshit, actually.

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Especially since most of the worst state and local programs - surveillance, asset forfeiture, drug war, gun control, militarization and more - are either federal programs, or facilitated by federal funds and federal priorities - and federal court cases.

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