Does De-Centralized Government Power Promote Freedom, Liberty, and Innovation?

By Brenden Wilson


The other day, I was talking with an acquaintance from France. It appears we were each lovers of freedom, liberty, and the fruits of absolutely free-market capitalism. As we got to talking, we began to talk about centralized governments, and how all nations could join together in peace and prosperity, it was an interesting and enlightening conversation, and I'd like to share it with you if I may possibly. Okay so, let's speak. My acquaintance stated

"I am not personally a centralized government sort, as I think in individual and neighborhood self-guidance, but standardization of systems are essential for trade, and keeping the peace, a common set of laws worldwide does makes sense in several regards. The challenge is how to get there thinking about the diversity of culture."

Well spoken indeed, and he did mention standardizing of systems, and that would entail laws too appropriate? So, what of Standardization - clearly that too promotes trade, commerce, and exchange of culture, tips, items, and ideas correct?

In order to do that, we need to have some kind of centralized authority, regardless of whether it is a robust central government hovering more than the states, or regardless of whether it is a strong European Union with a centralized over-structure. Interestingly sufficient, the United States when it was founded was supposed to have extremely strong state rights, and a incredibly weak central government. Over time, it appears that the federal government has grown, and the bureaucracy has now been blown out of proportion.

Regrettably, this is clogging the program, and it is making the states and their a variety of regions pretty upset, as it is dictating how people will reside at the local level. As soon as we commence performing that, we quickly impede upon cultural differences, religious belief systems, and we do not deliver for regional variation for factors such as climate, pollution, market, education, jobs, education, and economic conditions.




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