THIS!

Big government's power has only one goal: Perpetual growth of big government's power.

The assembly in a Swiss Canton is serving the goals of the people there. The US had a similar concept at the beginning: The County. Much of the 2nd amendment was directed at the county (A well regulated militia...) But these days, the county has been reduced to a mere administrative unit and it's power has been transferred to Washington. In the EU we do the same thing: The power of Brussels is directed at the goal of increasing the power of Brussels.

Frankly, the only reason BIG is not adopted by the power centers is that they do not (yet) understand how well it serves their purpose. So proponents should maybe change their strategy: In addition to explaining to the sheeple how they get goodies, they should explain to really powerful people like Cheney, Haass and Schäuble how BIG can be used to centralize power.