[Liz]

In just a few decades, Democrats have utterly destroyed the great state of California.
And it all boils down to graft and the DEI hiring/electing of idiots.

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Deserves a repeat.

[poconopundit]

Sure enough, Liz.

And it also deserves a link to Black Swan author Nassim Taleb's sharp and penetrating analysis: The Intellectual Yet Idiot.  Quote:

"[The] self-described members of the intelligentsia can’t find a coconut in Coconut Island."

Or, more up-to-date:

"The elected and DEI-appointed civic leaders of a city on the Pacific Ocean couldn't find a bucket of water to put out a fire."