Localizing government/objections

Larger-scale government has always been seen as advantageous over localized government for these reasons:

• it is able to act as quickly in dealing with problems on a larger scale
• can achieve goals that are too large or expensive for smaller governments or organizations
• can impose uniform quality standards (e.g. food safety, human rights, access to medical services)

Standards

The issue of "standards" may be particularly worrisome to individuals of a more liberal bent, who have traditionally turned to the federal government on issues such as:

• safety regulations and other rules enforcing decent working conditions
• preventing bigotry (e.g. racism, anti-gay sentiments) from being enshrined in local law, and preventing companies and services from following explicitly exclusionary policies
• environmental regulations:
  • preventing one region from polluting resources common to more than one region, with the consent of most local individuals
  • preventing wealthy and influential interests from polluting resources owned by less-wealthy individuals, with the local government's (purchased) consent

It should be possible to address most or all of these issues within the framework laid out in localizing government; this is a TO DO.