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Freedom and Federalism
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DiLorenzo's view of Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence is seriously flawed -- not only on an abstract basic but in real consequential terms. Ron Paul and his supporters have based many of their beliefs on this flaw.
DiLorenzo ignores the fact that the Declaration of Independence did not allow for seccession on whim: It states: "That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government.."
What destructive actions had Lincoln's North foisted on the South? None whatsoever. The South, fearing that Lincoln might take action on Slavery, initiated force on the government by firing on Fort Sumpter. Lincoln, as President elect, had done his best not to inflame the situation and had uttered nothing that might have been construed as freeing the slaves.
DiLorenzo claims slavery would have died a peaceful death. Perhaps, but after many more generations of torture, children sold from their familes, rapes. And it is to be remembered that slavery still exists today in parts of the world.
The South's action was pure and simple an insurrection and Lincoln had the authority to put it down. For DiLorenzo and others to argue that the Civil War was a States Rights issue is nonsense.
Ron Paul, from his comments, sides with DiLorenzo. In the Aug 11th debate, Paul said that the "Federal Government can't go in and prohibit States from doing bad things." The context of that statement was State mandatory healthcare payments. Paul is against Fed heathcare, as a violation of individual rights, and is also against the State doing such: the difference is that, while disapproving, Paul thinks the Fed Govt has no right to intervene -- thus making the Federal Government helpless to remedy any individual rights violation by a State be it healthcare, gun bans, or whatever.
If a State can secede from the Union by whim, as DiLorenzo and Paul argue, then nothing stops further sucession by citites and communties from that State. One ends up with individuals and their allies against others and their allies -- clans, private armies, or what we see in Somalia today.
That is anarchy and is, perhaps, DiLorenzo's goal.
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The idea of states' rights is most closely associated with the political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson and his political heirs. Jefferson himself never entertained the idea that "states have rights," as some of the less educated critics of the idea have claimed. Of course "states" don't have rights. The essence of Jefferson's idea is that if the people are to be the masters rather than the servants of their own government, then they must have some vehicle with which to control that government. That vehicle, in the Jeffersonian tradition, is political...
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