> > From: Matt Cramer <cramer at unix01.voicenet.com>
>
>> In Matt's Libertarian Utopia there is a Fed .gov doing only its authorised
>> duties according to the COTUS, and everything else is handled by state and
>> local .gov's. Then States can organise themselves according to their
>> desired economic and political conditions.
>
>Didn't we try that already? Seems to me that you're describing the
>conditions in the US, pre-Civil War.
Sure was idyllic back then, wasn't it? Slaves, no vote for women, property requirements for male voting. Paradise of liberty otherwise, though.
Doug