Is regionalism is good for our democracy?

Question

Is regionalism is good for our democracy?

Answer 1

I had to google this to figure out what the word meant and the best use of it in the context of the question and answer.  However I don't have a perfect answer for it, but offer this to any other posters should they seek to help the OP.

From wikipedia:

"In politics, regionalism is a political ideology that focuses on the interests of a particular region or group of regions, whether traditional or formal (administrative divisions, country subdivisions, political divisions, subnational units). Regionalism centers on increasing the region's influence and political power, either through movements for limited form of autonomy (devolution, states' rights, decentralization) or through stronger measures for a greater degree of autonomy (sovereignty, separatism, independence). Regionalists often favor loose federations or confederations over a unitary state with a strong central government. Regionalism may be contrasted with nationalism."

Answer 2

from that definition it sounds like what got us all into this mess with the "either your for us or against us", "Liberals are unpatriotic"," if you don't support the War you don't support the troops", c**p~!!!!

i don't think it is good for Democracy~!!!

Americans will always come together in times of need, but this time we were played like ignorant fools, and lied to, and it worked for a while~!!!

i thought after Viet Nam people had wised up about following your leaders blindly into a War, but Americans have a very short attention span, and are doomed to repeat History over and over again~!!!

maybe they should take notes~!!!