@Wolf480pl @waifu @kurisu @pea @karen @quad There was a civil war when half of them tried to re(con)federate.[0]

I'm in the wrong internet with the wrong equipment to find references, but Tom Woods has mentioned in several episodes how Madison, prez #4, pushed for nationalism and federal power over federation and state power.

I can't say for sure if I've even listened to https://tomwoods.com/ep-369-who-was-the-real-james-madison/ , but its probably a good place to start. I will put it in my queue now.

PS

[0] Yes, mainly for the privilege to treat humans as private property. Just goes to show that centralization sometimes has benefits, as long as you agree with the centralizing power.
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Oh! Good thing I listened to my own recommendation, because I sure learned something. I've probably been mixing up Madison and Hamilton, because Gutzman says that Madison did hold centralist views before ratification, but by the time he was President, he had come to appreciate the position for limited, enumerated rights, and vetoed bills that went against it.

That explains why there was no obvious reference to Madison in the latest 12 months of TWS. I'll look for a Hamilton reference instead. But the show linked definitely brings up the "intended decentralization, de facto centralization" story, and it's a good episode.
Now listening to https://tomwoods.com/ep-1003-alexander-hamilton-and-the-awful-judges-who-carried-on-his-legacy/ about the then (2017-09) just released "How Alexander Hamilton Screwed Up America" by Brion McClanahan, and in the first minute they already go into John Marshall, who was also mentioned in #369.
Ep. 1003 Alexander Hamilton and the Awful Judges Who Carried on His Legacy | Tom Woods

We're taught that Alexander Hamilton is one of the indispensable men in the American story. In his new book -- released just today -- How Alexander Hamilton

Tom Woods