Reading a news report, I was struck by a head of state’s use of the adjective “THOSE United States” instead of “THE United States.”
We, as a country, are individual States with State’s Rights, that have united together for a common good — as identified by those States.
No State would have ever joined a Union that would have envisioned that Union to usurp their rights and create an entity that would eliminate their independence and dictate (become a dictator) over them — any more than a man or woman would in a marriage.
The key issue is an out of control federal government that needs to be restrained (much like an abusive husband) which is why Retraining Orders and the Constitution exist.
State’s Rights cannot be usurped in this Union (marriage, if you will) unless you also support abdication of individual rights which will be guaranteed to shortly follow.
But, as evidenced on this thread, people LIKE the Federal gov’t to rule in contravention of States’ Rights. At least on some of the issues. There just seems to be something about telling other people how to live their lives that can’t be resisted.