This thinking, and the ever-expanding congressional overfishing of the commerce clause, are among the reasons we now find it difficult to get an evenly divided Congress to stop taxing us for more dollars than they even need for their obese, destructive, unconstitutional programs.
Federalism is an agreement between sovereign entities.
Families can imitate the best ideas, and see what results from bad ideas. Each family bears the burden of its own bad idea, meaning the world impoverishes the ones who make the dumb decisions. After a generation or so, this clan is the best it can be. In fact, if he can buy the votes of the 30 poorest families with taxes from the 20 richest, he can keep himself in power. It helps to make analogies realistic, so in keeping with the commerce clause, consider food safety.