> they weren't supposed to be micronations stuck in a dysfunctional marriage that hate each other more than any foreign adversary. and yet that's literally what the country was before the civil war and the reconstruction when the federal govt claimed a bunch of powers it was never given.  the constitution was literally meant to leave the majority of powers to the states.  just because you can't wrap your head around this doesn't make it bad or incoherent.
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