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minus-squareVerdant Banana@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-25 months agowhy is it the US is hellbent on making everything a state by state issue but at the same time saying federal law is above state law in such cases like Texas but states with legal cannabis or states with legal abortion are allowed to be above federal is the US the United States or not make it make sense
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoIt’s 50 states in a trench coat
minus-squareReddfugee42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoA state is just another term for a country. The two words never meant something different until our American Union got some people confused.
minus-squareTyfud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThat’s a fair point. I was mostly sticking to the colloquial usage.
why is it the US is hellbent on making everything a state by state issue but at the same time saying federal law is above state law in such cases like Texas but states with legal cannabis or states with legal abortion are allowed to be above federal
is the US the United States or not
make it make sense
It’s 50 states in a trench coat
50 countries, but yeah
A state is just another term for a country. The two words never meant something different until our American Union got some people confused.
That’s a fair point. I was mostly sticking to the colloquial usage.