IMHO, decentralisation is ultimately about the smart money reducing its liability to the financial woes of both DC and the heavily indebted Blue States, compounded by the need of multinationals to salvage zones of relative sanity in which to maintain viable centres of economic activity. Regional oligarchs are happy to either back or eve…
IMHO, decentralisation is ultimately about the smart money reducing its liability to the financial woes of both DC and the heavily indebted Blue States, compounded by the need of multinationals to salvage zones of relative sanity in which to maintain viable centres of economic activity. Regional oligarchs are happy to either back or even front whatever it takes to make this happen. Nobody wants to lose their shirt just to fund whatever garbage is required to re-elect the current clowns. The real fight will be over mineral and energy resources on Federal land. The state pride/regional culture stuff means nothing to the real players, of course. The one thing Panem-on the-Potomac is good for is alienating the masses, thereby legitimising the devolution.
IMHO, decentralisation is ultimately about the smart money reducing its liability to the financial woes of both DC and the heavily indebted Blue States, compounded by the need of multinationals to salvage zones of relative sanity in which to maintain viable centres of economic activity. Regional oligarchs are happy to either back or even front whatever it takes to make this happen. Nobody wants to lose their shirt just to fund whatever garbage is required to re-elect the current clowns. The real fight will be over mineral and energy resources on Federal land. The state pride/regional culture stuff means nothing to the real players, of course. The one thing Panem-on the-Potomac is good for is alienating the masses, thereby legitimising the devolution.