Decentralization and Secession

On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho look at county and city-level secession movements and what it means for political self-determination.

If Staten Island is allowed to secede, our national technocrats fear that might open up countless similar demands for self-determination across the nation. For the elites, the current status quo works quite well and they want to keep it that way. 

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.