I recently moved to California. Before i moved, people asked me “why are you moving there, its so bad?”. Now that I’m here, i understand it less. The state is beautiful. There is so much to do.

I know the cost of living is high, and people think the gun control laws are ridiculous (I actually think they are reasonable, for the most part). There is a guy I work with here that says “the policies are dumb” but can’t give me a solid answer on what is so bad about it.

So, what is it that California does (policy-wise) that people hate so much?

  • @Donjuanme
    20•1 year ago

    While traveling in the South I was surprised to hear the exact same conversation in every diner I went into. It was whatever scare point was on the news the previous day. And nobody was debating the merits of the clams they were reciting, they were just agreeing with each other and bringing up the next claim. It was like it was a scripted conversation that they had started every time I walked into a greasy spoon restaurant.

    I think it’s more important for people to be up on their current talking points than to look at anything critically, especially not look into what their “news” media tells them is happening. And a lot of that seems to revolve around how terrible California is, I’m not sure why besides creating a very “large and powerful, controls Hollywood and the narrative” other for people to be worried about. (Surprisingly the exact same narrative control that dominates the diners in the South)