I'm living in it now. Definitely things I don't like, but generally I'd rather be here then any red state and a lot of blue states.
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Cali needs affordability and more safety. But it is still a beautiful, magical land full of opportunity for those who can make it there, and it kicks any red state into a cocked hat.
aug 29, 2025, 11:55 pm • 1 0 • view
I’m hoping Katie Porter will be the next governor, and that she’ll take things in a more economically progressive & populist direction. I’ve had more than my fill of corporate bought-and-sold DINOs. i’d like to see the state restored to something that normal people can enjoy, not just the rich.
aug 30, 2025, 12:37 am • 1 0 • view
Katie rolled over on the Middle Eastern peace process, IIRC. I don't think the Dems have any actual rising stars for me in that regard except AOC.
aug 30, 2025, 1:11 am • 0 0 • view
I’d probably feel more positive about California and Gavin if it felt like he and the Democratic establishment in this state were more progressive when it comes to dealing with wealth inequality and lack of opportunities for advancement for people outside of the tech or media field. 1/2
aug 29, 2025, 7:50 pm • 2 0 • view
I’m actually praying for a tech crash to send all of these AI worshiping psychopaths back to whatever dimension they crawled out of, & for this state to rebalance its economic base on a more diverse array of businesses / industries. It just feels like there’s a lot of really bad structural problems.
aug 29, 2025, 7:51 pm • 0 0 • view
The thing is that all our billionaires have the economy set up so that if it crashes, they all get bailed out and things go right back on the backs of the working and middle classes.
aug 29, 2025, 11:53 pm • 1 0 • view
I don't know the right answer. Centrist libs are LOVING Gavin's turn as the liberal version of Trump. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! SAD! and etc. As Frank Zappa put it, politics is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex. Perhaps things will never change.
aug 29, 2025, 11:54 pm • 2 0 • view
Centrists love his mocking of the dictator? Not that I’ve seen. I know I as a liberal love it and think all Dems should be doing it.
aug 30, 2025, 1:00 am • 0 0 • view
Right. To me, you're a centrist liberal. 😀 I am a raging Upton Sinclair-model socialist and ardent conspiracy theorist.
aug 30, 2025, 1:02 am • 0 0 • view
I am no longer a Democrat. I just can't do it anymore. The party and its apparatchiks, particularly on the Will Stancil axis, were absolutely loathsome to me last year over my calls for a ceasefire in Gaza. They literally got my old account on X banned for three days just for posting coverage.
aug 30, 2025, 1:04 am • 1 0 • view
That being said, you may certainly have my vote next cycle for any candidates who support Mamdani-style economic reforms, and help for the poor and working class, as well as the peace process in PaIestine. 👍 I feel these are not unreasonable requests but the Dems will prob disappoint me again.
aug 30, 2025, 1:06 am • 1 0 • view
lol. Well, nice to know I’m to the right of someone.
aug 30, 2025, 1:05 am • 1 0 • view
If you're the left field at Dodger stadium, I'm out in the parking lot with Upton Sinclair merch
aug 30, 2025, 1:07 am • 1 0 • view
Yeah, Newsom & Dems bows down to big tech and other forms of big money.
aug 29, 2025, 8:16 pm • 2 0 • view