Of course. The difference is that in those days the reach of government was more limited and individuals and states were more jealous of their independence. Ask America's Founders.
I do believe the federal leviathan really got it’s big boost in response to the corruption of the state level gummints. Think Huey Long. Folks were happy to see Feds with integrity root out the corruption. Who will plow the corrupt in DC under? Seems to me we have to choices, up or down, so to speak. We The People need to do the job before it can be farmed out to a global entity.
Which is why now is the time to remove all symbols of American dissent from the "ugly, racist history of America.
It's not about the Confederacy, it's about dissent