Great article. To introduce myself a moment: I have enjoyed thought experiments based on Hayek, Nozick and Dewey but as a Socratic disciple, The Coming Insurrection seems desperate and forced. I wouldn't define myself as an anarchist nor a libertarian. Pragmatism is too ambivalent but approaches my mindset on government. I find that Thomas Hobbes and Hannah Arendt's work on human rights illuminate some of the schisms between theory and reality.

Do you feel that in a country as large, diverse, and with varying economies that devolution would be a step in the right direction? Scotland and Catalonia are interesting modern day examples this notion.