Federalism

These missives have taken on the notion of Federalism/States' Rights a few times, and often having Canada (yes, the Nice People to our North) as the poster child for why it's pretty stupid. No, the EU wasn't created to stick it to the proud, the few, the USofA; rather to make movement amoung the countries (not are all huge like TX) essentially seamless. Europe is really one country. The tribalist hate the idea. Of course.

So, here comes another Canada Story. And, of course, it's totally silly what extreme Federalism has wrought.

Internal barriers in Canada are considered stricter than in other federal systems like the United States, economists say.

Well, no shit. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, as mentioned here a few times. Federalism, taken to extremes is just Balkanization. And that's not Good Eats. "My tribe is better than your tribe. We will kill you."

In Canada, meat and other food products cross provincial lines with great difficulty. Even after being inspected in one province, they must get federal certification before being shipped to another province — an insurmountable financial hurdle for many small businesses and part of a wider system of trade rules that Prime Minister Mark Carney says hobble the country's growth.

And, of course, that's the sort on nonsense that the EU was created to stop. And, just so Mad>/a> Dictator Don knows, the EU didn't spring up out of nowhere. It was preceded by a less comprehensive structure, the European Common Market. It's main goal:

The Community's initial aim was to bring about economic integration, including a common market and customs union, among its six founding members: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany.

Anti-tribalism. That's Good Eats.