<i>So what do you think is gonna happen to the United States?</i><p>I have no idea, but the idea of true hardcore federalism ended with the Civil War - for good reason in that case as you can&#x27;t truly have it if there is an arbiter that can always trump the state if it sees fit. NAFTA, TPP have just eroded independence further.<p>I&#x27;m not saying it&#x27;s good or bad, it&#x27;s just what people want.<p>Nothing is really done by individuals, rather small high effort groups typically are the ones that make things happen. Even within those, you have a handful of powerful people and the rest are largely there for the ride. This is the whole idea behind &quot;key influencers&quot; and &quot;network effects.&quot; Get enough of the big people on board and the rest just follow - it&#x27;s literally the same in every facet of life.<p>If some form of the Jeffersonian proposal, that every citizen should have a self sustainable farm and gun, is what is necessary for sustainable, free society, Then you can wave that dream goodbye.