The GOP is a death cult - period. Republicans have no over-arching vision to raise up everyday Americans - for them to have improved access to health care, to be better able to afford housing or higher educations for their families - if you're not already a member of what they call their "donor class" - you're utterly on your own - no consumer protections, no environmental protections, no safety net. Why would there be? How would that benefit the "donor class?" Sadly, most residents of red states understand this - and if not exactly fine with it, are resigned to it. Cons are all about hierarchies - know your place - and stay there. There's no welcome mat out at the donor class country club - you're gonna have to buy your way in. Can't manage that? Just die - no one who matters cares - and you won't be missed...
Sadly lots of people have n the red states are not at an educational level which would permit them to understand statistics, or even percents, which would show them just ho badly needed he country is treating them. Darkness. Lack of information. They don’t even know what they don’t have. It has the same effect as a news blackout or communist rule. Perhaps the time for an economic civil war has come.
it just needs a slight adjustment from the dems. If they change this is actually a problem that can be broken through. For example, just take the comparison numbers between califronia and West Virginia, and plaster it on billboards across Cali. Put them up at the airports. At the entrance in all state borders. Wear a T shirt that does a comparo and talk to TV reporters
A lot can be done without saying a single word. You need to evolve. Your messaging needs to evolve with times. They are stuck in the 2000s.
T-shirts, bumpers stickers, billboards. Coasters at coffee shops shops. We need to be agile some the internet is biased and social media too…. This is a great take Shankar, Agile Messaging. If just a few folks read ‘Blueprint of A a Revolution’ by Srjda Popvick we could move ahead in this quicker..
I’m a proud Angeleno and love this state! Very happy to be raising my family here. I do think right wing media and politicians target us unfairly and with a lot of fluffed up BS.
However, I don’t think it helps us to whitewash some of the major governance problems that are really evident.
Homelessness *is* a major problem here and the Bay Area, and anyone driving our freeways can see it. There *is* a lot of pointless overregulation that stifles development in important areas like building affordable housing. There *are* infrastructure problems that should be more solvable given our high tax burden. It’s an expensive state and people are and have been leaving because of it. The UC system is fantastic but it seems at this point geared towards educating non-Californians, leaving our kids scrambling.
Cali has many advantages but a lot of these are the legacy of past successes. They can and will erode without good governance and good policy. I don’t think we can treat our ills with better PR.
All well and good, but if the State continues making development impossible and failing to execute on the projects that they do authorize, eventually their will be painful cutbacks that absolutely ruin the health, education, and welfare of the residents.
In my opinion it’s a bit misguided to attribute California’s economic dominance solely to democratic governance. I believe California’s success can be attributed to the combination of fantastic weather/nature along with the trend of the most innovative/wealthy/ambitious people in the world all converging on a single region. Not only has this “Brain Gain” effect boosted Californias socioeconomic indicators, but the inverse “Brain Drain” will also reduce a state like Arkansas’s indicators.
The current California discourse is complicated, and framing it as either a liberal paradise or a lawless hellhole is missing the point. From a Democratic Party standpoint, I think there’s an opportunity for nuance and honest reflection on what policies have worked in California and which policies have not!
So why did those wealthy people decide to go there and propagate? I realize that California has a beautiful coast and the weather is, or can be, awesome but the wealthy folks and business didn't head fir the coast. So incentive? Could liberal governance and policies have anything to do with that? Yeah, asking, because I'm not sure. I'd have to look into it more. What I do know, I've lived in California. In the high desert. In spite of it not being a liberal stronghold the taxes were outrageous and the cost of living was high to the point I had to leave. So don't know.
The GOP is a death cult - period. Republicans have no over-arching vision to raise up everyday Americans - for them to have improved access to health care, to be better able to afford housing or higher educations for their families - if you're not already a member of what they call their "donor class" - you're utterly on your own - no consumer protections, no environmental protections, no safety net. Why would there be? How would that benefit the "donor class?" Sadly, most residents of red states understand this - and if not exactly fine with it, are resigned to it. Cons are all about hierarchies - know your place - and stay there. There's no welcome mat out at the donor class country club - you're gonna have to buy your way in. Can't manage that? Just die - no one who matters cares - and you won't be missed...
Sadly lots of people have n the red states are not at an educational level which would permit them to understand statistics, or even percents, which would show them just ho badly needed he country is treating them. Darkness. Lack of information. They don’t even know what they don’t have. It has the same effect as a news blackout or communist rule. Perhaps the time for an economic civil war has come.
it just needs a slight adjustment from the dems. If they change this is actually a problem that can be broken through. For example, just take the comparison numbers between califronia and West Virginia, and plaster it on billboards across Cali. Put them up at the airports. At the entrance in all state borders. Wear a T shirt that does a comparo and talk to TV reporters
A lot can be done without saying a single word. You need to evolve. Your messaging needs to evolve with times. They are stuck in the 2000s.
T-shirts, bumpers stickers, billboards. Coasters at coffee shops shops. We need to be agile some the internet is biased and social media too…. This is a great take Shankar, Agile Messaging. If just a few folks read ‘Blueprint of A a Revolution’ by Srjda Popvick we could move ahead in this quicker..
I like your answer.
During the election I made the mistake of calling them functionally illiterate to their faces locally.
I’m a proud Angeleno and love this state! Very happy to be raising my family here. I do think right wing media and politicians target us unfairly and with a lot of fluffed up BS.
However, I don’t think it helps us to whitewash some of the major governance problems that are really evident.
Homelessness *is* a major problem here and the Bay Area, and anyone driving our freeways can see it. There *is* a lot of pointless overregulation that stifles development in important areas like building affordable housing. There *are* infrastructure problems that should be more solvable given our high tax burden. It’s an expensive state and people are and have been leaving because of it. The UC system is fantastic but it seems at this point geared towards educating non-Californians, leaving our kids scrambling.
Cali has many advantages but a lot of these are the legacy of past successes. They can and will erode without good governance and good policy. I don’t think we can treat our ills with better PR.
All well and good, but if the State continues making development impossible and failing to execute on the projects that they do authorize, eventually their will be painful cutbacks that absolutely ruin the health, education, and welfare of the residents.
I love California and won’t ever be leaving! Haters are fun to laugh at too. Clueless and most have never even set foot in California.
In my opinion it’s a bit misguided to attribute California’s economic dominance solely to democratic governance. I believe California’s success can be attributed to the combination of fantastic weather/nature along with the trend of the most innovative/wealthy/ambitious people in the world all converging on a single region. Not only has this “Brain Gain” effect boosted Californias socioeconomic indicators, but the inverse “Brain Drain” will also reduce a state like Arkansas’s indicators.
The current California discourse is complicated, and framing it as either a liberal paradise or a lawless hellhole is missing the point. From a Democratic Party standpoint, I think there’s an opportunity for nuance and honest reflection on what policies have worked in California and which policies have not!
So why did those wealthy people decide to go there and propagate? I realize that California has a beautiful coast and the weather is, or can be, awesome but the wealthy folks and business didn't head fir the coast. So incentive? Could liberal governance and policies have anything to do with that? Yeah, asking, because I'm not sure. I'd have to look into it more. What I do know, I've lived in California. In the high desert. In spite of it not being a liberal stronghold the taxes were outrageous and the cost of living was high to the point I had to leave. So don't know.