And federalism runs very strong in the United States. And actually this rise of a very strong federal government is a very modern phenomenon. And A big part of our democratic resilience has been how fractured and balkanized political power is throughout the United States. So I guess one response you hear to kind of the current political challenge is that you need to go back to America's federal roots, and people should be free to kind of of choose themselves how they live and politics become too nationalized. (34:10–34:17)
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Asserts that the distribution of political power contributes to U.S. democratic resilience.
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