Decentralization and Secession

The use of interstate compacts by US states shows that the states don't need the federal government to dictate or manage interstate relations. 

"In all matters of government the State tolerates no intermediate agent between itself and the people, and in general business it directs the people by its own immediate influence." 

The use of interstate compacts by US states shows that the states don't need the federal government to dictate or manage interstate relations. 

Ryan, Tho, and Kerry Baldwin take a look at why some politicians say they're "nationalists."

Independence Day is not a celebration of "America." It's a commemoration of secession and armed revolt.

All else being equal, a physically large country provides regimes with more opportunities to wage more war, collect more taxes, and control more people.

The conservative judges chose to perpetuate the court's well-established and disastrous use of the Equal Protection Clause. The justices were careful to protect and strengthen federal power. 

Ryan and Tho take a look at the growth of the enforcement arm of the Federal Government.

"The first condition for the maximization of economic efficiency is the liberation of civil society with respect to the state. . . . The expansion of capitalism owes its origins and raison d’être to political anarchy."

Once states can extend their monopolies over vast expanses of land and cultural regions, states are more easily able to increase their taxation and regulatory power without danger of losing significant amounts of tax revenue due to migration.