Re: A Federalist, Limited Government Pakistan
not really "fact" zakk, although i favour it. the contrarian view would be one offered by many political movements over time, communism/socialism/left-wing politics is an example where a stronger/empowered central govt is necessary.
you give up many things with this idea. you cant expect to have an Islamic state. you cant expect to have a progressive/secular state. you give up extensive federal programmes that have a potential to do a lot of good.
idealised distributed control is usually less efficient than the idealised centralized control.