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- 19.10.2016
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Olen hieman yllättynyt, koska tuo on ollut kaiketi ihan tunnettu ero ja ollut olemassa jo kauan. Mutta tässä esimerkiksi (korostuket minun):
Americans' Views on Federalism as States Take on More Power
The recent Supreme Court decision on abortion highlights the increasing power of state legislatures, a shift Americans tend to endorse.news.gallup.com
The issue of state and federal power was, of course, the crux of debates at the founding of our nation. The U.S. Constitution was a compromise in federalism that gave states baseline power but granted the federal government overriding power in certain areas. In the 234 years since, the nation has continually been beset by arguments over exactly how this federalism should play out -- arguments that led to the Civil War and that have remained at the center of policy debate ever since.
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There is some evidence speaking to Americans' preference for state versus federal control of government. In 2016, Gallup asked Americans, "Which theory of government do you favor: concentration of power in the state government or concentration of power in the federal government?" This was an update of a question included in one of Gallup's earliest surveys in 1936. At that point, in the middle of the Great Depression and President Franklin Roosevelt's massive mobilization of the federal government in the New Deal program, 56% of those interviewed favored the federal government approach. By the time Gallup asked the question again in 1981, in Ronald Reagan's first year in office, the public had flipped, favoring the state power alternative by 56% to 28%. The most recent results from 2016 showed a similar response, with 55% choosing the state government alternative and 37% choosing the federal government.
Political identity is highly related to preferences for state versus federal power. Remarkably, this partisan difference has persisted over the past eight decades. In 1936, 72% of Democrats favored the federal government theory of government, compared with 35% of Republicans. In 2016, 80 years later, 62% of Democrats favored the federal government, compared with 17% of Republicans.
Saadaanko segrekaatio takaisin kouluihin? No jollain tasolla se palasi jo DEI- ja woke-juttujen mukana "turvallisten tilojen" ja muiden sen kaltaisten juttujen kautta, missä haluttiin sulkea kalpeanaamat ulos erinäisistä paikoista häiritsemästä uhrihierarkian paremmistoa, mikä on sillä tavalla vähän paradoksaalista että se on periaatteessa täysin päinvastainen kansalaisoikeustaistelijoiden vaatimusten kanssa, missä nimenomaan vaadittiin värillisille pääsyä kaikkialle mihin valkoisillekin ja sen kaltaisen segregaation lopettamista. Pidän kuitenkin todennäköisempänä ja myös toivottavana, ettei kummankaan tyylinen segregaatio tee paluuta suuremmassa mittakaavassa.
Eli oliko "niitä kuuntelematta ja niistä välittämättä" se subversio osuus viestistä, ja mahdollisimman laajasti vain omaa tulkintaa, kun alle kaksi kolmasosaa demokraateista Obaman presidenttiyden aikana (johon olivat tyytyväisiä) kannusti federal governmenttia ja yksi kolmasosa state governmenttia?
