States Being Held in Unions . . . .

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 Centralization and its evil step-child nationalism tend to conserve the imperial culture at the expense of tradition.  This is why the founding generation, a group of men well versed in the classics, understood that their political experiment—a decentralized federal republic—would quickly descend into monarchy unless Americans firmly embraced both republicanism and a dedication to the preservation of life, liberty, and property, and why no American should champion imperialism at home or abroad. 

Simply put, imperialism and centralization are un-American.

Read on:
http://www.libertyclassroom.com/states-being-held-in-unions-against-their-will/