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If Democrats ran every branch of the government at every level I still doubt it would get fixed.

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

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Exactly: Even if they ran everything they’d do stupid shit.

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

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

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In what way is CA doing ‘pretty damn good’…?

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By bulldozing homeless camps I guess.

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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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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.

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You live under a rock or something?

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