RE: On the Moral Supremacy of Autonomy
It occurs to me that the larger the government, the smaller the person. I live in California where it is clear that the state is much too large to be governed by one capital. There are so many different mindsets of people living here that laws designed to serve one group, tend to restrict another group that does not have the same problems or needs. Sure, the state is progressive, etc. but at the cost of our individual freedoms.
Imagine what would happen if the state were to be separated into many smaller states. For example, the Central valley would act in the interest of the farmers and farm workers who live there while those in LA would act in the interest of city dwellers. Each state could tailor their laws to solve the problems inherent to that group without unilaterally stepping on the toes of those in another group.
I wholeheartedly agree. Even without splitting into separate states, CA could autotomize its regions giving them each their own legislative bodies, similar to the difference between the government of the United Kingdom and various degrees of semi-autonomy of Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.