Agree. But that does not explain why the abnormal ones wield so much political power.
They cluster in cities. Cities create a different mindset, I think .
It isn’t “California” that is weird, it’s LA and SF. Well, Sacto, but Sacto is just any government capital anywhere, ever in history where money flows freely.
Even in the ultra liberal area I live in, the wine country, most of my friends and neighbors have their heads screwed on straight. The one out of 5000 lunatics are the ones who have the time to make all the noise.
Sacto is outrageously corrupt, but compared to some other statehouses or the capitals of other countries with similar sized economies not so much....
Then there is Silicone Valley, but that is a self selecting environment- if you are both brilliant and you’re willing to work 120 hours a week to prove it (while making a few billion dollars) it’s where a lot of other people like that are, attempts by other states and countries to replicate it notwithstanding.