Modern Federalism (Econometric Representation)

By Jordan David Weisinger

Federalism provides a better fit for a political environment that includes wealth inequality, climate change, and the re-emerging threat of authoritarianism. Federalism is an appropriate response to an ever shifting and dangerous geo-political environment. The solutions presented in prior periods marked with less economic and political security are better fitted to meet the demands of a harsher, less forgiving, and less predictable future. The real question is, does the next 100 years look like the last 100 years, or periods 150-300 years ago. Technology will always advance but will people retreat in the morals, principles, and expectations. This is not to declare economic systems of representation corrupt and inefficient, but they are tools that are more appropriate for more volatile and less certain eras. Federalism has one very important advantage over other ways to politically organize nations. Federalism promotes strong states that can defend themselves against authoritarians. When the states have sovereignty, they can protect themselves with legal arguments during a compromised election. They are lawfully entitled to form and regulate their own militia, often through National Guard Armies and local police forces. They have distinct budgetary systems with their own credit. The independence of states within a federal system ensures that only a portion of them will be infected by authoritarianism before the other identifies the issue and mobilizes to mitigate the coercive and deleterious condition. If the states can organize themselves in defense of the nation, they can discourage most of the bad actors from attempting a coup or authoritarian take-over.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08CPCBSK8
• ISBN13: 9798665568102
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.0"