UserWiki:Oro

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The Federalist Papers by Alexander Madison, James Hamilton, and John Jay.

[[File:Oroism.png]] Summary of Beliefs [[File:Oroism.png]]
I believe in a Federalist,  Meritocratic  Republic. I believe that a strong and centeralized federal government is necessary to preserve a union of states, we have seen the failure of Confederalism through the Articles of Confederation and the following rebellions. I do, however, believe that states should be allowed a limited amount of autonomy, to ensure the citizens of these states are adequately represented and their needs are fulfilled. And to prevent the federal government from being ran by incompetent and uncaring individuals, I believe we should instate of meritocracy, much like that of America’s earlier years. This would mean that only land owners would have the ability to vote and run for office. I believe this is necessary to ensure a government of men of integrity, for it is important to me that an individual should be able to prove his capability of developing and preserving his own land, before developing and conserving the land of others. It would also be, I believe, preferable to have an individual in a national office actually own a stake in the country they’re running.

[[File:Fed.png]] Federalism [[File:Fed.png]]
As mentioned before in my summary, I am a staunch federalist. I believe in federalism because I believe it to be a superior form of government than that of condederalism and unitarianism. I believe it to be superior to confederalism because confederalism promoted a weak federal government which would see to it that our union is decentralized to the point where we become a unorganized and frankly incapable amalgamation of states that are fighting with one another over power within the federal government. On top of this, a confederalist response to national issues would be slow and clunky, as opposed to the swiftness exerted by a federalist government. Now, unitarianism is worse than confederalism. This is because unitarianism would have the local and state governments assimilated into a massive super-state, which would be fast to respond to national issues, but slow to respond to local issues, it would also most likely result in a despotic government in which it’s limitations of power would be consistently exceeded. On top of this, it fails to realize that people eventually become more and more patriotic and sympathetic towards their home state as opposed to the national government, we saw this during the American Civil War. This homeland-patriotism would poison a unitarian state, as eventually regions would seek representation, which in a unitarian government would be unlikely. So, in summary: federalism is more efficient than both confederalism and unitarianism. This is because federalism turns the union into a cake, with local, state, and the national government making up the three layers. This allows for a swift response to local, state, AND national issues. It would also create a strong, centralized federal government that would be capable of regulating, organizing, and promoting cooperation and unity among the states of it’s union.