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  I should’ve gotten into more detail of what I mean by protecting the citizens of the nation.
  Yes, I do believe the central government should be that mediating power, however I believe that most of everything else should be very decentralized to prevent the central government from (if conservatives get elected into power) making their own regulations against blacks and LGBTQ peoples.
context: I also believe that governments should only get involved in the day-to-day life of its citizens when there is a direct threat to the populous, be it racism or any other type of damaging and dividing force.
  
  This caveat completely renders everything you said pointless. "Damaging and dividing forces" on the level of racism are ubiqitous. They're everywhere. If it's a legitimate function of government to combat them, then we necessarily must have an expansive, centralized government. >
  
  Bear in mind, in the US at least, it has been the large federal government who needed to step in and force smaller state governments to not segregate, or to guarantee black voting rights, or forcing states to respect gay marriages. If you want to be anti-racist and protect LGBTQ rights, someone has to have the power to do that.