American-Manifesto.com In Defense of American Exceptionalism

An interesting article in the Philadelphia Inquirer recently argued for a decentralized approach to national security and the war on terror.  It drew a number of parallels with the natural world, discussing adaptation and semiautonomous organisms as problem solvers.  It was interesting, if tangential at times.

I wonder, though, whether the authors or the editors at the Inqy realize the broader implications of applying that approach.  The key idea at the core of their argument is that nature “eschew[s] central control in favor of semiautonomous, distributed authority in which individual units can sense and immediately respond”. 

First, it strongly indicates that national concealed carry is desirable as a matter of national security.  If you are looking for semiautonomous, distributed authority and problem solving, that would be it.  Second, outside of national security] issues it strongly indicates that we should favor free markets over a big government regulatory approach.

So, I say yes!  Let’s decentralize.  But do they really know what they were asking for?