I’ve heard the “California is the future” argument many times. And it is true at this point that liberals dominate state politics to the point where people think there is something wrong with you if you are Conservative.
But a few things to consider:
1. California politics is the way it is thanks to a massive number of minorities, many of whom are illegal and relatively uneducated. Some of these have very little loyalty to this country and even less to the elites in Silicon Valley. The people who contribute to the economic engine in CA are not in this group.
2. At some point, the demands of these minorities will diverge from that of the CA economic drivers. Kind of like tectonic plates moving apart. In many ways, it already has, but these difference have been papered over. I really think it is just a matter of time before CA goes full Marxist and then these companies may discover they don’t like “The Future” so much. They may find the future looks a lot like Brazil or even Venezuela.
3. A lot of companies are fleeing CA taxes and regulation. This will lead to two very unequal classes, with very little in the middle.
4. Eventually, CA will pay a price for its singularity of thought. Maybe even a bloody price. I won’t shed any tears when that happens.
If you ever watch the movie “Elysium”, I think that paints a pretty accurate portrait of where CA might be in 2100 or so.
Thanks for those talking points on CA. I personally think there are two tipping points out there: public pensions and the “bullet train” of Gov. Brown’s fevered imagination.
"My company Reinvent is really fortunate to be in the middle of that swirl of possibilities. We host What’s Now: San Francisco that focuses on the latest developments in one of the many fields exploding in innovation across the region."
Oh yeah, he plans to raise tons of money on this pontificating nothingness of an article.