@rimugu there are real examples of states doing harm (e.g. TX textbooks) and of why/how the federal gov't could provide oversight (interstate trade, uni accreditation, blood alcohol limits for road funding). You, however, have not provided examples of brain washing you merely assert it. Your arguement seems to be that real harm should be allowed to continue because of the percieved potential of other harm. At best this seems like a slippery slope fallacy.