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Here's something I've sometimes thought might be an interesting idea.
Let's say they amended the constitution so that, essentially, states could do just about anything they wanted. It would be amended to state that its statues only apply to laws passed by the federal government, and states are free to do basically anything they wanted.
So, for example, Utah could turn itself into an official Mormon state, with just about everything closed on Sunday, favoritism to people who are members of the LDS church, and so on.
Massachusetts or California could turn itself into a social democracy or even socialist state, ban all guns, enact a one-payer universal health system, ban religion, or whatever else they wanted.
Oklahoma could turn itself into an official state of the Southern Baptist Church (similar to what Utah would do for LDS members), have absolutely no restrictions on gun ownership whatsoever, they could ban the speaking of any language except English in public, and so on.
Wisconsin could make German its official language if they wanted, and subsidize the price of beer.
Do you think this would be a good idea? Or would it create too much chaos and be un-workable? I could imagine that, in some cases at least, enforcement of people going across state borders would be problematic, though undoubtedly some provisions would be made for people just passing through or visiting. On the other hand, it would create some "extreme competition" and really let people live in the kind of political environment they'd be most happy in.
What do you think?
Last edited by James Bond 007; 02-05-2019 at 05:59 PM..
Road trips would be a disaster. How many laws would one break just by crossing state lines?
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