• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    California is doing pretty damn good. Not perfect, but head and shoulders above the rest of the country.

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        1 month ago

        “Nothing is perfect, therefore everything is equally shit.”

        What a stupid philosophy. Like all “bothsides” bullshit.

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            Is the stupid shit Democrats do significantly less stupid than the stupid shit Republicans do?

            If you keep getting punched everywhere you go, it’s time for some introspection my friend.

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              Yes, but it’s still stupid shit that will get done in my name, with my money, that I have no power to prevent.

              And in your opinion I should be happy about it.

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                You’re not happy about a significant reduction in stupidity of the people in control of your government?

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                    It’ll never be smart, because we always demand more of it. Which is fair. Being better than the average, being better than before, and moving in the right direction are all excellent things that we should be happy about.

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        Income, life expectancy, healthcare access. Union membership. Cali home prices are unaffordable because people want to live there and are willing to pay for it.

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          I mean it guess they’re not banning books or switching to school vouchers but I’m pretty sure low income households are doing just as bad if not worse over there

          Aren’t they, like, tearing down homeless encampments on a monthly basis?

          edit: spelling

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            Guess you have been living under a rock. Strong economy AND strong worker protections, lots of unions, high minimum wage, robust anti-discrimination laws, there’s countless things that make life in California better for low income households.

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                Gee, I can’t imagine what motivation you would have to cherry pick stats to try and make California look bad

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                  Lol, those are bellwether economic statistics for any state, it’s not ‘cherry picking’.

                  Capital D democrats love California because it’s a democratic stronghold and a testing ground for all kinds of liberal policy, but it’s also dominated by capital interests. In terms of GDP it represents 1/6th of the entire US economy.

                  It’s one of the clearest examples of liberalism’s relationship with capital. Most socialists would not look fondly on California governance.

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                    Uh huh

                    We both know you hate California because all you ever do is attack Democrats. There are dozens of “bellwether economic indicators” and California is doing excellent on most of them. Of course you’d pick a couple of bad ones because you have an agenda.

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        By being richer than most other countries in the world.

        That’s really what it’s about anyways. Identity politics are just icing for wealth generation for the upper class.