Because we've lived in a federalist hell for over two hundred years. It's not safe. It's not stable. It's just big, and filled with corruption that consolidates power out of the hands of the people to whom it's supposed to serve. And that's exactly what's happening with the EU. I have no desire to see European countries die in the pursuit of a superstate that seeks to kill off all of the preexisting cultures that are beholden to it.
What's worse is that the Transatlantic Trade Partnership seeks to combine both the EU super-state's interest with the USA's, and thus create an even larger bureaucratic, oligarchic nightmare. I want all nations to be nations and all states to be states. Else they'll simply be thralls.
You misunderstand the situation here, Dave. American's don't actually like being "united". It's just what the people know, and are therefore forced to accept. A better word for the USA's consolidation of states--which are supposed to be sovereign under the compact--is "bondage".
Federalism is exactly the reason that California has turned into a total shitshow. Because it can rely on money flowing in from every other state in the union through the federal authority, it doesn't feel the need to enact fiscal responsibility or fix any of its problems without demanding handouts and/or higher taxation. You can be assured that other states are no different.
This shit sucks.
