BEST OF THE GIST: Population and Bathrooms Edition
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The Virtues of Bigness Versus the Possibilities of Split Up
Matt Welch: I think we have a very justifiable fear of secession. To the extent that I am arguing for secession, it's really not to try to get down to these homogenous, politically uniform polities. That can only lead to violence in certain forms of cleansing. My concern is that bringing things down to a more local level is simply more democratic and more efficient than arguing over everything in Washington.
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