The self-sufficient economy of the frontier simplified the functions of government and fostered within each district a political system that was in many respects a "pure democracy".
@MelGibsonafter4BeersConservatards and lolberts stubbornly reject economic collectivism or state power because they think they can have these days back if they just get the gubernment of their backs.
@BullSchmitt@MelGibsonafter4Beers Meanwhile, statists like you think that the government actually listens to them and that the whole idea of a shadow government is just some crazy conspiracy theory.