Very true.

States powers have been gradually chipped away, the more mobile the population has become...

But, we are seeing the evils of centralized power - vast power in the hands of a very few... ripe to be taken over, infiltrated, bought off by the enemy - who seeks to replace the State power with THEIR OWN centralized power structure.

Long term plan...
1 chip away state powers
2 centralized in DC
3 replace/insert your operatives into the centralized positions of power in DC
4 let THEM do the job of take over for you.

We are well into step 4.