So, just to be clear, the Republican president in the 1980s was able to leap over state government, and empower localities and county government, because he is a magic dragon who could make state government cease to exist

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Well, which is it? Did they take away local rule, or give back too much of it? You know, the states have state and city governments that you can vote for. I know some Democrats are occasionally surprised to learn this

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"disempowering local rule?" That's...not a thing that happened. If anything, Reaganism gave back *too* much power to states, in the name of smaller government

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Yes, I should’ve shared your view on politics back when you were hyperventilating about George Bush being a fascist; that would’ve made you happy but it would’ve made both you and me wrong

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Posting this with a lack of awareness that using the word irresponsibly for 50 years helped get us here

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