> nationalization of states was a necessary evil to keep the nation intact. if that were true you should have had no problem convincing states to ratify a national system (which was rejected in 1787). whether you think some other course is pragmatic or utilitarian in your personal appraisal is irrelevant. anyone who undermines and usurps the duly ratified government of this land and the states without going through the proper procedures is a traitor to legtitmate government and can never call themselves a patriot.
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