“What is certain now, is the federalism they supported is necessary to save the republic.”
Not really. There was a different form of government that was strangled in its infancy: a loose confederation of states with a central government having very little power. Power corrupts. So why give a central government more than a bare minimum of power in the first place?
John Locke and James Madison covered that. If men were angels, government wouldn’t be necessary. It is the very imperfections of man that require government to secure natural rights.
I’ve read similar assertions about the Articles of Confederation dozens of times at FR. Assertions only, devoid of elaboration.
I’d welcome a post, vanity or otherwise, which defends the AC on its merits, without using the usual straw man, “it was better than the Constitution.”
If you can stand behind your claim with an FR post, please ping me.