[Captain Kirk]

The anti-federalists supporeted a "federal" system of government. The nationalists who opposed them (who only later took on the name of federalists) opposed that idea.

The anti-federalists were not at all irrelevant to history. The Bill of Rights was very much their legacy. Madison and Hamilton (who were initially against a bill rights) were forced to promise such a document in order to win anti-federal support in the ratification battles and (later) to buy off continuing skeptics such as Henry.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Antis were opposed to a federal system and preferred one dominated by the states as it was under the confederation.
Nationalists understood the need for a strong Union, having just fought a war to gain nationhood. State-righters preferred to think in small terms and concentrate on their local corrupt political machines which they could control rather than be concerned about a large nation which would not be susceptible to their bribery and spoils systems. Their victory would have meant the death of the United States of America.

Most of the anti-federalist papers are of little use at all, some are positively lunatic in their paranoia and hysteria. Reading the titles are sufficient to realize they would not stand against thinkers like Hamilton and Madison.