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You Say You Want a Devolution? by Robert Gore

Posted by straightlinelogic 9 years, 2 months ago to Government
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The Brexit vote is more important than the US presidential election because whoever wins in November will be chained to the failing US government, while the British have an opportunity to shed some of their chains. Regardless of who wins in the US, the government will not relinquish its resources, power, or corruption. Centralization has advanced so far and so destructively that every expression or potential expression of a revolutionary desire for devolution—the transfer of power to lower levels and smaller subdivisions—is to be welcomed, be it Brexit or other countries leaving the EU, various separatist movements within countries, or mass disobedience to the dictates of centralized governments. As the Brexit vote and electoral insurgencies in the US and Europe make clear, the underlying pressures continue to build. Something’s got to give, and when it does, decentralization and devolution will give those seeking liberty a rare opportunity to build the kind of society they’ve always envisioned.

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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    So right, Zen. It is an insidious cancer of the body politic. The tumors have been silently growing for decades.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I haven't read Hamilton's Curse, but I liked his book The Real Lincoln, which was a reference for my own The Golden Pinnacle.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 2 months ago
    The Scots had the opportunity via referendum to leave the UK in 2014, too.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottis...
    If only the formerly sovereign states had the guts to make the rational demands that the southern states did.
    Unfortunately, Lincoln and the GOP maneuvered the south into war with malice aforethought.
    Thomas DiLorenzo explains the process excellently in his book, Hamilton's Curse.
    If you want to understand how liberty was lost in America, it is recommended reading.
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 2 months ago
    While we all celebrate the signs and indications of the impending (I pray) death of the monster of centralization, I wonder how many appreciate the amount of injury, pain, even death the monster will inflict during it's death throes?

    Good one Robert.
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  • Posted by 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    All titles are marketing, whether authors realize it or not. In today's instant gratification world, you have about two seconds to make an impression.
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  • Posted by Technocracy 9 years, 2 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't down vote for the exercise of wit.

    Its also generates memory ties to the article for those of us old enough to remember that music LOL. Clever...marketing?
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  • Posted by Technocracy 9 years, 2 months ago
    Good article.

    I almost gave you a minus 1 though for the malice aforethought of the title. Now I have the chorus of that Beatles song going round and round in my head.

    That was cruel...very cruel.
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