As goes California…so goes the United States…
Once upon a time the state of California led America in terms of innovation and especially in the area of information technology in the way that Detroit was a leader in the automotive field.
Now, the government of California is run by the Baby Boomers’ generation - a group of narcissistic, economically ignorant, intellectually immature individuals who never worked out that a sound economic environment enables compassionate policies to be enacted, a bit at a time.
In this terrific article by John Koltin published in New Geography he details his 25 plus years in California and the decline that has brought the state to its economic knees.
It should be no surprise that a few decades of extreme left politics has led to such parlous times, as it has happened all around the world where socialist policies have been implemented in countries that had sound enough economic conditions. Russia, Zimbabwe and Cuba are clear examples.
If the same policies take root in Washington then there’s no doubt that the US could begin a decades long decline into a mediocrity similar to France.