• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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      Gee, I can’t imagine what motivation you would have to cherry pick stats to try and make California look bad

      • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.social
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        Lol, those are bellwether economic statistics for any state, it’s not ‘cherry picking’.

        Capital D democrats love California because it’s a democratic stronghold and a testing ground for all kinds of liberal policy, but it’s also dominated by capital interests. In terms of GDP it represents 1/6th of the entire US economy.

        It’s one of the clearest examples of liberalism’s relationship with capital. Most socialists would not look fondly on California governance.