Californians don't see it that way. If progressive policies don't work, it's viewed as the fault of evil Republicans and corporations. They reflexively double down and embrace socialism even more. It's similar to muslims in the turd world.. their corrupt islamist governments drive them to lives of poverty and oppression. Do they seek another path? No... they chain themselves even more tightly to islam. In California's case, the religion is progressivism. Its residents have been schooled that way. To think otherwise is heresy.
First hand observations of unemployed and on welfare Californians include use of prescription mood elevators like Paxil. When the details get too difficult to assimilate, mindnumbing drugs are the ticket. Its easier for a Californian to justify a life long prescription drug habit than the economic reality that money doesn’t grow on trees or come from a permanent stream of welfare checks subsidized by the federal government.