The Doctrine of Subsidiarity is both a Church doctrine and a Constitutional doctrine (by virtue of the 10th Amendment) that states “matters should be handled at their lowest competent level”.
Home, neighborhood, city, county, state, federal gov’t.
There are exceptions specifically set forth in the Constitution, but generally subsidiarty applies.
Great article. Thanks for posting.
The doctrine of subsidiarity is akin to Edmund Burke’s “Little Platoons”. Statists always recognize that their initial and most important task in imposing totalitarian control is to break down and destroy these “little platoons” - the church, neighborhood association, family, etc. - to transfer the allegiance of the masses to the state.
Good article on these “little platoons” and their place in conservative thought: https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/amerstud/article/view/2669/2628
Rep. Ryan: ‘We Have Pursued Solidarity but Abused Subsidiarity’
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/rep.-ryan-we-have-pursued-solidarity-but-abused-subsidiarity
Bump for later Wednesday reading.
Bookmarked.