Professor VDH describes the California Mind (so-called) quite well, albeit he doesn’t discuss some of the very worst aspects there (such as, the, in effect, one-party voting system where so often there are only two names on the ballot, both D’s)..tweedle dee and tweedle dum
what he fails to do is EXPLAIN why the California politicians have destroyed the Golden State, and why they persist ruining it
The illegals want to feel at home so they live like they did in lawless Mexico.
Allow me. They think they are creating a socialist utopia which requires all the power to be retained by one party, the socialist democrats. They have been successful in retaining power and, they think, they are on the way to utopia. They just have to convince the rest of us and they are home free, despite the facts on the ground.
"...and why they persist ruining it"
They don't think they are, they think they are making it better.