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The Selfish Californian
American Greatness ^ | 12 Jun, 2022 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 06/13/2022 4:51:34 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Edited on 06/13/2022 6:40:04 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

We hear plenty of reasons for the perfect storm that imploded California. One-party, progressive government, of course. Decades of unchecked illegal immigration, without doubt. Years of mass flight out of state of the productive middle classes, certainly.

But perhaps the most important, but overlooked, reason has been the infusion of trillions of dollars of mostly tech capital into the state. Unimaginable sums of market capital warped politics and led to a top-down, feudal society, run by progressive elites who are shielded from the ramifications of their own toxic ideologies.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: california; communism; elites; victordavishanson
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To: Mariner

Percentage wise...??


41 posted on 06/13/2022 12:29:37 PM PDT by dakine
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To: null and void

That’s what I did moving from Maryland to Florida — I brought MY politics with me, which, unlike Maryland’s politics, should merge perfectly fine with this state.


42 posted on 06/13/2022 12:35:35 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Bus No. 2525)
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To: MtnClimber

Not enough white babies. Abortion? Hit California early and hard.


43 posted on 06/13/2022 12:37:24 PM PDT by Jim Noble (I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains)
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To: olivia3boys

I’ve been to California three times. It’s a beautiful state, like you said. The last time, I got lost in San Francisco. Back then, in 2014, it was still a somewhat lovely city to get lost in. So I was basically driving around, admiring the old Victorian houses and parks while trying to find my way back to US 101 so I could get to the Golden Gate Bridge.

Unfortunately, the politicians are turning it into a dump. So if you and your family can tolerate soupy humidity in the summertime, come to Florida, where it’s NOT a dump.


44 posted on 06/13/2022 12:46:10 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Bus No. 2525)
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To: aaron_burgle

Welcome to FR, dude...6/8/22. You’ll make a lot of friends with baseless comments like that. Either that, or you’ll get the Zot...lol.


45 posted on 06/13/2022 12:49:03 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: FiddlePig

It really got started with Daley, Mayor of Chicago and Mob Boss, got John Kennedy elected with phony election

John F Kennedy sold us out to the mafia, and got himself killed for it

Clintons made deals with Drug Dealers, the Chinese, and Indonesian criminals.

The slow corruption of all of our national institutions continued unabated for decade. Universities, churches, military, local Boards of Directors for schools and city council


46 posted on 06/13/2022 1:04:37 PM PDT by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

We visited FL this past Feb for a week and LOVED it. Siesta Key near Sarasota. I loved your amazing crabs, “rum runners” and white sand beaches. I actually don’t mind humidity (I grew up in Houston and went to grad school in DC).

Congrats on a well run state unlike CA. FL and other states have their own beauty but CA does have a special kind of beauty that I appreciate more daily (as long as it isn’t burning up with choking smoke as it does every fall now).


47 posted on 06/13/2022 1:16:35 PM PDT by olivia3boys
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To: cgbg

#23 One of my uncles paid off the Teamsters at the family business whenever they was a new contract coming up.


48 posted on 06/13/2022 1:57:21 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: aaron_burgle

WTH are you talking about? I know from 45 years of personal experience that Democrats cheat. California went Demon from cheating and Repubs not voting because they like to protest.
Democrats will vote for a pile of dog crap so long as it has a D after it. Repubs protest by not voting thus helping Democrats win. Never do not vote in protest. You may as well vote D at that point.


49 posted on 06/13/2022 2:17:37 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Night Hides Not; OHPatriot; aaron_burgle

You should both go back and read aaron_burgle’s comment again.


50 posted on 06/13/2022 2:52:40 PM PDT by TankerKC (Be first with the truth. )
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