I don’t have evidence but I feel like television or radio used to have the accent of that place. As technology improves and media becomes more integrated into our lives and much bigger, the pronunciation becomes more uniform across the country. Regional food stores and products etc are more uniform.
Uniformity increases as the size of the system (media, food, etc) increases? Centralization increases as the size of the system increases? And centralization leads to the system becoming a top-down hierarchy of control?
Is it true? Is it a law of nature? It doesn't seem to happen to natural systems, such as planets or galaxies or ecosystems. Why is it happening to our systems in America?
Yes. And in general may I say that I found this essay to be very thought provoking and the ideas clearly expressed. Excellent!
"What would become the dominant component of the American model was the influence of the Senate. Its counter-majoritarian nature, which was intentional, saw each state equally represented no matter what population it had. "
Yes, and making Senators popularly elected was a tremendous change to the system, that most Americans now do not even know happened. It significantly decreased the power of the "local" governments.
Nice write up, good read.
I don’t have evidence but I feel like television or radio used to have the accent of that place. As technology improves and media becomes more integrated into our lives and much bigger, the pronunciation becomes more uniform across the country. Regional food stores and products etc are more uniform.
Uniformity increases as the size of the system (media, food, etc) increases? Centralization increases as the size of the system increases? And centralization leads to the system becoming a top-down hierarchy of control?
Is it true? Is it a law of nature? It doesn't seem to happen to natural systems, such as planets or galaxies or ecosystems. Why is it happening to our systems in America?
Broader historical examples go the other way. Rome and Persia. Russia at points. The British empire.
All of them had to adapt to more local structures to remain responsive and avoid uprisings.
Yes. And in general may I say that I found this essay to be very thought provoking and the ideas clearly expressed. Excellent!
"What would become the dominant component of the American model was the influence of the Senate. Its counter-majoritarian nature, which was intentional, saw each state equally represented no matter what population it had. "
Yes, and making Senators popularly elected was a tremendous change to the system, that most Americans now do not even know happened. It significantly decreased the power of the "local" governments.