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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?

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[โ€“] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

That sort of self-gratifying nonsense only works if the target is more successful than you.

Using it against a target that is less successful than you would be picking on people who can't defend themselves.

It's just because they don't put enough homeless people in concentration camps. That's the entire thing. Mind you, California, like the rest of the country, still treats homeless people like they're less than human, but the weather's nice and the housing prices have skyrocketed in the past decade, so there's a lot of homelessness, and therefore a greater call for mass executions.

[โ€“] steebo_jack@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I also like the "you get what you vote for" comments about CA. WE voted for the best candidate out there at the time for Gov., we've had both parties in the past and they were a mixed lot...the guy who lost during the last recall election was dragging around a live bear to do press events and didnt have much of a position on anything relevant and he lost...

[โ€“] cow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (4 children)
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[โ€“] legion@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

Consider the possibility that the "hate" is not an opinion being reached in good faith.

[โ€“] UnicodeHamSic@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Everyone hates liberals. Even other liberals. California is probably the most liberal state. The cost of living is ridiculous. The transport is terrible. However, it is one of the cultural capitals of America. We have San Francisco, Hollywood, Silicon Valley. Probably some other stuff. It is also heavily non-white and has a large unhoused population. So people should hate it just not for any of the reasons people hate it for. It had the home of the KKK, cities with urban blight as bad a Detroit, and breaking bad was originally going to be set here because it is the true home of meth.

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