These are best interpreted as people stating their preference (ie, some people have a preference for racism and express that preference by talking about states rights). Usually they haven't made a logical argument, they're just stating their preference.

In practice the division of power between states and federal takes some legal knowledge to understand. To understand how it should be (as opposed to how it is now) requires some rather deep analysis, based on economics, human rights, efficiency, philosophy, etc. If someone states their preference this way, try to get them to expand their mind by getting into the deep analysis.

It's not complicated fundamentally. We agree that civil war is a bad thing, but in some cases warranted.

Separation of powers between states and the federal government is beneficial and correlated.

We're not on Slashdot to be pleasant.

For people who like federalism and those who support states rights and think the federal government has too much power, this is a good thing

Ok, you're an asshole for completely ignoring the links in this post after I went to all the trouble of finding them for you. Your sig definitely applies to you, and you know nothing about drones.

Cheap drone defense is here.

We demand gold plated enshittification!

Biden was unwilling to give sufficient weapons to Ukraine because he was afraid of nukes. Ukraine didn't trust America either.

Right now, neither side has sufficient drones defense. Over the next year or so, Ukraine will build up their own drone/missile defenses (I haven't heard of Russia working on this, but eventually they will). In the mean time, Ukraine is sharply focused on building air superiority. In two or three years when they achieve that, the war will end.

Rice is grown in northern California, where water is less of an issue.

It's true that market inefficiencies are an issue here.

Sometimes you want to prioritize agriculture over an efficient market. If you mess it up, people die. Many other regulations are the same way: they alter the free market. It's illegal to efficiently sell your services as a hitman, no matter how profitably.

Neither the Ukrainian army nor the Russian army can perform maneuver warfare. You don't need air superiority but you do need to be able to stand off the enemy air support.

No one has enough troops to man the trenches adequately. That is why the mobile army army will win: they attack where the enemy isn't. The mobile army will crash through the trenches like a blitzkreig through the Maginot Line.

Cheap drone defenses are here. If you don't have them, you will lose as quickly as Venezuela. Ultimately they're just a smart form of artillery.

Not likely. As long as the person isn't entertaining like a reality TV star, they will lose to the person who is a reality TV star.

But we have a gulf of America.

To begin with, only insane militaries fight trench wars. Maneuver warfare is much more effective.

Tell me more about this 12%

Waterworld was right up there. Unless you liked it, then it was great of course.