How progressives ruined California | Joel Kotkin 

He is still a buffoon though 😂

​​@@BlueFish-g5u So is Doctor House, which I am (a Polymath savant that does dabble in M.D. under Cognition/Psychology/Evolutionary Biology). You sided with a charlatan anti-Doctor...take the L in that you are the problem of Amerixa, no one else .

I noticed that too. That certainly took a lot away from the guy's credibility right there. I am a native Californian, and I can say some of his other points were a bit myopic. But I could let those go. Yet somehow, in his mind, Trump did what experts said couldn't be done like ending endless wars, bringing inflation down, bringing back manufacturing, making us energy independent, and lowering unemployment to points they said could never be done again; yet somehow Trump is the buffoon? That really makes me wonder about these experts, and pundits. Are they the buffoons, or just evil liars?

@@ZetaReticuli_ I don't think we have a full understanding of just how evil these people are.

His record in business is terrible. These are facts. Plus he is a boofon.

But with rubbish weather

@@Dezzasheep It doesnt put the low paid immigrants off.

@@marumaru6084 True. Flies still land on meat that's rotting away.

@@marumaru6084👈🏽Immigrants work harder than you.

@@ralphverboten8816 Statistically there are more immigrants on benefits who knew!

Curious where you moved to?

​@@agisler87 Northern California

It was never great - it was just great for you - this is not hard to understand - also, nostalgia is a drug

I’m 62 resident of California my life and never liked the Democrat party, but I will stay and fight. It’s not like me to give up and run.

@@GRANDPAWOOODOGGY Fight what? Do you think CA will turn red again? Why not just enjoy the beauty and accept the changes? Everything changes - you should know that if you are 62 - where is your wisdom?

True but the business environment was very different

Are you implying that these will be forever companies?

We have forever banks. The money goes somewhere. City of London

Walt Disney himself was a Republican.

I’ve been here for 40 years. We had 2 real Republicans and Schwarzenegger (not a real Republican).

@@jamesdellaneve9005 Schwarzenegger did alright, imo.

@@theviolator818 From what I hear he tried to bring both sides together and got shanked by both.

Regan was governor of CA before he became president.

How?

@SamuelClemente7718 by moving out of the state. In 2023 so many people moved out of Commiefornia that it lost a congressional seat.

@statusquoreject that is a good thing then. We have to many people here in California

@@SamuelClemente7718 We also have too many people on the planet too 🤷‍♂

@@SamuelClemente7718don’t worry the illegals will be gone soon

take me with you lol. I just came back from the south I miseed my family and trader joes but omg its literally hell here now, even on fire

SAME, counting the days when I can surrender my California drivers license.

I moved from Orange County, CA to Scottsdale, AZ last year. Best decision I've ever made. Come to AZ we could use more conservatives here.

Lol, yep. So were Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc.

Anyone who advocates for a master race is not a progressive -

Education is a precious thing. Because the Nazis had the word socialism in their party acronym they were considered 'progressive'. Sure.

@tombussio4979 I hold a degree in history from the University of California. My area of emphasis is 1930’s Europe and the Mythology of WW2. The post is absolutely true. The Nazis were progressives. Need proof? Look up letters from leading progressives in the US who absolutely adored Hitler, Mussolini and the Nazis before the outbreak of the war (you can find them online). FDR, Margaret Sanger, and many others in the vanguard of the progressive movement during the 20’s and 30’s spoke glowingly of the Nazis and believed America should be more like Germany. Conversely, it was the Republicans who warned against the Nazis and Communists as threats to free markets and individual rights. These are historical facts. After the war Progressives rewrote history and did everything they could to move Naziism to the political Right. They understood how bad it made them look that they once supported the Fascist movement. Easier to shift blame than it is to admit you’re wrong. However, that narrative never held water. You see, American Conservatism is marked by small government, fewer regulations, and greater individual rights and responsibilities. These are ideas that are anathema to the progressive worldview. Sorry if this all hurts your feelings. All of which I stated can be independently verified, so please feel free to do so. I doubt you will though because that might require you to think for yourself.

And so is Gavin Newsom!

Dr Happer is great. He’s answered my questions and shared papers with me.

one guy vs. 98% of the other scientists

@@user-xu6bv7yh2j It’s not 98%. That’s a lie promoted by President Obama. There are thousands of scientists that have signed onto concerns about this theory. In addition, science has NOTHING to do with consensus. Here’s a test on consensus. Zero out all funding for all pro AGW studies and fund non-AGW studies. You’ll get a different “consensus” in 1 year. In addition, what isn’t science is when you label those that have research that does not support “orthodoxy” DENIERS. Other pieces of evidence that this broad field of study has been corrupted are: 1. No funding for non AGW studies. 2. Not being considered for tenured positions. 3. Having your contracts not renewed. 4. Using models that can’t be tested. 5. Changing historic temperature records. 6. Having study summaries not supported by the contents of the research paper.

@@user-xu6bv7yh2j Argumentum ad populum

Regressives

"progressively worse"

Marxists

Thought the same thing.

Democrats, not “progressives”.

They keep honoring these most regressive people on earth with that word.

Same difference. Both are based in dialectical materialism.

Tell progressives to stop pushing intersectionality and critical theory. That's Marxism.

Me too😊

not everyone

@@johnl5316 UNFORTUNATELY, THE MAJORITY.

Problem is they trash the place then move on to somewhere not woke far left and start all over again. So leaving them to it is not an option. They need to be sealed in to the mess they made.

In the sea 2030.

They need to build a wall to keep people from leaving, California is a paradise. We cannot allow our citizens to be brainwashed by capitalist propaganda.

Why do you think they retired on California Pension then move to Alabama

@@SamuelClemente7718 That will work for a while until Caplars goes 100% broke then not so much. Illinois is even worse. And no the US taxpayer does not want to and will not bail these pension systems out. Ford did the right thing in refusing to bail out NYC in the 70s when they went bankrupt. Look at the Detroit situation and the cut to pensions. That is what will happen to many government retirees. Already happening in CA. Talk to former employees of the city of Stockton. And no they are not entitled to SS since they picked government service and the pension route. They did not pay into SS during their service so no they are not "entitled" to SS.

@greglane3978 better then working at Walmart for 40 years . Then walk away with NOTHING

Thats the thing, the people leaving are old and retirees. They dont have the income to stay in California. Cali is for the young, bold and ambitious. It’s not meant for old people.

@@RandomRabbit007 Those "old people" built California and pay enormous taxes, unlike many of the recent migrants that are taking, not providing to the state...wake up!

No sh8t? Same reasons?

Whats your age tho? California has always been for the young, bold and ambitious. Old people need to retire to wherever their income will allow them to survive. California is for young emerging industries. If you dont have some passive investments or paid-off home by old age California can be unaffordable.

maybe you should not stay anywhere for 52 years - maybe you're the problem

You a weirdo for generalizing 40,000,000 people LOL. Sorry you’re miserable. Happy you left, we dont need that sourness here.

😂😂 Proof read . It helps

It’s exaggerated. Around 1 percent of the population was lost between 2020-2023 (2023 the population actually went up by 65,000. So for 3 years (during a once in a lifetime pandemic) the population went down 400,000 and it’s already back to increasing … this is a non-issue.

@@RandomRabbit007 California has been gaining population for decades, until recently.

@@michaelknight2897 Literally only lost population for 3 years (400,000 total, so less than 1%) and now back to gaining population (67,000 in 2023 alone). This is a non-issue.

@@RandomRabbit007 I see a loss in 2023 from the quick search I did. This is with record immigration. You want to focus on the percentage and ignore all factors.

@@michaelknight2897 Bro it literally says 67,000 NET gain. Why are you lying? I said nothing of immigration, end of the day the population has began INCREASING again.

The hippies started it off then tech finished it for good

Two things can be true at once

California proposing to pay $5 (yes five dollars) per black person as a non-cash reparation payment. In other words white people.raped. sodomized, lynched, whipped, burnt, bbq'd, ate, souvenired body parts, sold, stole, mutilated, denied humanity to your black ancestors and determined that they were worth $5 in reparations. A black slave costs more than the price to compensate them back for their grief.

You can have more than one problem in this life.

@@ChollieD Well at least I don't have Trump Derangement Syndrome like you.

​@@ommk9650not those two things.

All for same reasons?

Same.

You really should check out Yosemite and Lassen Park before you die.

But you’re here watching

@@Halfdead211 Watching and learning how bad ideas ruin a place.

Wow, California was indentured servitude by the British. I did not know that.

​@@sc3304 😂🎉😂 An utter inability to extrapolate and intuit information is what got California into the demonic dump its become! Congrats, Kali-Fornica lives inside of you...anyone reading this, know that, it returns from your neighbors under the guide of "TsssNuh-Uh." to blatant reality. 💀

You people do believe the myths you're told 😂. That's right, the British were completely enslaving you by expecting you to pay some tax to contribute towards your own defence.

Of course us Irish also owned slaves and our patron saint,Patrick,was a slave brought from Roman Britain.

The Democrat Voters Are To Blame 🤢🤮

The Democrat Voters Are To Blame 🤮🤢

All but the crazy state income tax. Yes, no cal is very pretty and I like the weather better than so cal. But I was done paying $29,000 per year in state taxes so it could be handed out to able bodied people who don’t want to work.

At scale.

Maybe he didn't mention it because Tesla semis won't even enter production until late 2025.

Sydney is definitely prettier than Dan Francisco.

@@stephenlight647

No, it does not. I've been to both California and Australia. California weather is much better.

@@rodrigodiaz9472Your political climate isn`t mate

@waynemcauliffe-fv5yf the whites are divided. Same as in Australia. I know plenty of aussies with different views. Lol

At least not Arab Muslim 😅

Regardless of who might have started it. The democrats have run and won on the same issues for 40+ years with minimal change. That’s two generations and things are getting worse. There needs to be change regardless of party system and this is coming from someone who’s lived here for years.

That’s some impressive cope there.

It’s not the Republicans that have permitted the drug culture and allowed crime to run rampant.