Anyone who is yet to realize that leftism is attempting to destroy
America as we know it should examine how the far left has unabashedly warped
the state of California. America is on the verge of a civil war. It will not be
fought along geographical lines, but cultural ones. The same treacherous
ideology that is consuming the bulk of Europe has been at play in the Golden
State for far too long. Giant technology companies that lined the deep pockets
of California are poised to abandon it, as are many of the small businesses,
which have been struggling most to survive under the massive burden of obscene
taxation, regulation, and the litigious nature of the California courts. The
"white flight" that happened in the metropolitan areas of England and
throughout Europe are now in full swing in California. When both middle class
and affluent citizens have completed their mass exodus from California toward
the freedoms of the more conservative states, there will be virtually nobody
left to pay for the governmental benefits of California's nanny state, of which
a significant portion of the state's residents live on.
Paul Chabot, a two-time congressional candidate in California was
defeated by Pete Aguilar in November of 2016. Chabot inflamed liberal ire after
releasing "Terrorist Hunting Permits" as part of his campaign
literature. After his loss, Chabot decided to pursue his dream of serving the
public in another way, by launching Conservative Move. It is an organization
specializing in helping Americans to relocate from leftist states, like
California, to states where their rights are respected, their beliefs are not
mocked, and the populace is not threatened by American patriotism. Chabot
launched Conservative Move after relocating his own family to Texas, in the
beginning of 2017. The former congressional hopeful said that he wanted to help
decent families to find new opportunities and offer them the guidance that he
would have appreciated during his own exodus from California.
"We want to be able to express to people that these areas
that are conservative have safer streets, better schools, better-paying jobs,
lower taxes," Chabot said when describing what Conservative Move does and
why. "We hope that this doesn't become divisive, but it becomes a bridge
that brings more and more people into this camp that loves faith, freedom,
family, God, country and apple pie."
An article heralding the launch of Conservative Move was tattered
with vile commentary from California Democrats and communists, which serves as
a commentary about the ongoing struggle to preserve what remains of America's
soul. Leftist Californians, who keep voting for 'progressive' politicians and
ballot measures to usurp their own rights, mocked Chabot and the lot of
conservative states which have become popular amongst those fleeing
California's unholy bastion of progressivism. The leftist detractors berated
"cesspools in rural areas", as if their filth and crime-ridden cities
were providing a better quality of life than mainstream America. They even
reminisced in the joy which comes only from paying higher taxes, because doing
so "supports the community".
California's infrastructure is in the same dire straights as its
economy infamously is, thanks to decades of leftist rule. California's
'progressive' virtue signalers, who love to wag their morally-superior fingers
in the faces of conservatives, used incredibly disparaging language when
describing those who live in conservative states. They jealously showed a
particular disgust toward those who reside in nearly crime-free rural areas, in
wholly disrespecting the very God-fearing people who feed the world. Within
their leftist system of 'morality', it is now socially unacceptable to refer to
a man in a dress as a man because he might "identify" as a woman, but
it is not in the least bit inappropriate to deem all rural Americans as
"hillbillies". Faithfulness, hard work, and community standards are
all indications of perversion to leftists, but genuine mental illness and
sexual perversion are their virtues. Deciphering how the leftist mind works and
how 'progressives' justify their own moral hypocrisies can only steer one to
the conclusion of mental illness in the form of a mass hysteria.
From 1990 to at least 2007, approximately 3.4 million California
residents vacated to other states, according to Real Clear Politics. This is
the time period when California's teetering on the brink, both culturally and
economically, hit a fevered pace. If its spending had grown proportionally in
relation to both inflation and population fluctuations during this time period,
then California taxpayers would not have a $65 billion bill coming due. Had the
leftist politicians, who were in full control of the state's government spent
within their means, California's fiscal health would resemble that of nearby
Oregon.
It is not just individuals that are leaving California. Entire
companies are fleeing. As was reported by Fox News, from 2007 through 2015, as
many as 9,000 companies had fled, or were in the process of fleeing California.
The list of fleeing companies includes: Toyota, Jacobs Engineering Group,
Nestlé, Nissan, Carl’s Jr., Jamba Juice, Occidental Petroleum, Numira
Biosciences, and Omnitracs; to name but a few. Most of the smaller companies
cannot afford to relocate, so they are simply dying.
The former economic powerhouse of California was centrally
micromanaged to such a shocking and illogical extreme that 26 percent of its
factory jobs and 35 percent of its technology jobs evaporated. The large
employment gains in California came just before its downfall by way of
unionization. Membership in the American Federation of State, County,
and Municipal Employees, which has the highest-paid union workers in the
United States, increased by 24 percent. A.S.C.M.E. members can retire as young
as 50 and receive up to 90 percent of their final year's earnings every year
for the remainder of their lives. These governmental employees did not produce
anything meaningful or provide a service that was based on supply and demand.
Their numbers and salaries were determined by the whims of the politicians at
the statehouse, and not on the free market. As deficits exploded in California,
and more companies began fleeing to conservative states, the leftist state
leaders strengthened the ranks of the union, which obliged politicians with
hefty donations to Democrat campaigns. This was happening on the backs of the
overburdened taxpayers and surviving businesses.
"It's suddenly very cool to be the progressive. There's
positive reinforcement now", Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez
Fletcher said, when reflecting upon how it used to be "cool" to be
thought of as a moderate in California. Such euphemistic language hides a pervasive
agenda wherein California politicians can only thrive by leaning as far left as
possible.
As a result of Hillary Clinton's stunning defeat in the 2016
presidential election and her backstabbing sabotage of Bernie Sanders, agitated
leftist activists are more determined than ever to buttress their power and
force legislators to become even more "progressive".
"We listen to our constituents. If our constituents are
getting more engaged and moving farther to the left, in this case, I think that
will have an effect on how we vote and how we do things".
-- Matt Dababneh, Democrat
Assemblyman
If the constituents were moving further to the center, or even to
the right, it is doubtful that the Woodland Hills' assemblyman would have the
same attitude.
The flurry of leftist bills now circulating in Sacramento clearly
illustrate that not a single lesson was learned during the presidential
election. California's Democrat Party appears to not just be willing, but eager
to eat their own, if their ranks do not measure up to the new leftist threshold
that is required to win and retain a political position. How these new laws
will further crush the crumbling economy, reduce the quality of life, and
infringe upon the freedoms of Californians, does not seem to enter into their
political equation.
When less rabid Democrats attempted to block regulations that were
meant to punish people for their fuel consumption and double state employees'
holiday pay, they were ripped apart by the 'progressive' advocacy group,
Courage Campaign.
Laws passed in California since the 2016 presidential election
include: a state-wide $15 minimum wage, background checks on ammunition
purchases (not for guns but for every bullet purchased), a state tax surcharge
on affluent citizens (a 'not poor enough' tax), an extra $2 tax per pack of
cigarettes, multiple housing and transportation mandates that usher in new
rules and expenses, and a plethora of random tax increases.
The California Democrats are engaged in an internal post-Bernie
Sanders war. Sitting politicians, who deem themselves moderates, are being
threatened with primary challenges from an increasingly powerful and leftist
arm of the D.N.C. The Courage Campaign has been waging war on California
Democrats who have not adequately espoused the ideals of socialism. The
advocacy group publicly issues "Courage Scores" to chastise Democrats
who vote too moderately. Courage Scores grade politicians on how much they are
hindering the economy, destroying jobs, and for how well they are "standing
up for constituents over corporations". In other words, it is economic
warfare against themselves, for it is about attacking capitalism in the belief
that its total failure will ultimately give rise to a mythical socialistic
utopia. California's nearly exclusive Democrat government provides evidence
that sometimes there is a fine line between delusion and treason.
A joint statement from California's political leaders, on the day
after President Donald Trump was elected, shows that leftist lawmakers are more
determined than ever to continue to drive California along its self-destructive
path. "While Donald Trump may have won the presidency, he hasn't changed
our values. America is greater than any one man or party. We will not be
dragged back into the past. We will lead the resistance to any effort that
would shred our social fabric or our Constitution," the declaration said,
which was reported by Forbes. Soon after, the California state legislature
hired Obama's former U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder, as its legal counsel.
He was tasked with halting federal law enforcement attempts against rogue
"sanctuary" cities, protecting California's job-killing stance on
immigration, and defending the insane environmental policies of climate change
hysteria. The latter has ironically led to the destruction of California's
ecosystems, causing wildfires, floods, and more.
When Columbia University sociologists Richard Andrew Cloward and
Frances Fox Piven wrote, The Weight of the Poor: A Strategy to End
Poverty for The Nation, in 1966, they laid out a devious plot that the
leftists of the time were eager to implement. Over the course of the last five
decades, the building blocks of their conspiracy to overturn the nation have
been soundly implemented. At first, the shocking article was dubbed a
"crisis strategy," but now this leftist playbook is most often
referred to as the Cloward-Piven Strategy. Ironically, Cloward and Piven
claimed that the ruling classes (i.e. Republicans) were using the welfare
system to weaken the poor further. In practice, it has been the Democrat Party
that has shackled the poor; especially those within the minority communities,
in order to maintain a political system of perpetual dependence like a
modern-day slavery.
The welfare system was intended to offer temporary help to those
in financial crises, but it was not meant to become a generational handout
system. Democrats wield welfare benefits like a sword. It is a weapon that is
pointed at the chests of conservatives, whom they falsely smear as being heartless
for not wanting to live under a socialistic regime that is destined for
failure. Cloward and Piven, and their throngs of adoring fans, believe that the
only way in which poor individuals may achieve upward mobility is if the
"rest of society is afraid of them". This very situation played-out
in violent 'protests' during the final years of Barack Obama's presidency.
Despite how well-played the Bolshevik game was, the plan eventually backfired
throughout most of America, and the backlash spawned what some people call the
Trump Revolution.
Cloward and Piven were not content with the level of
taxpayer-funded governmental handouts of the welfare system. They, therefore,
urged liberals to create a welfare parasite class to bankrupt the system from
within, in order to cause the nation's financial and political systems to
collapse, which would ultimately result in a bloody revolution. It was as if
the two academics were channeling Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. This
conspiracy of theft and class warfare, in the minds of many 1960's leftists,
was the only way that a free society could be sabotaged enough into
capitulating to their socialistic demands. There were approximately 8 million
Americans on welfare when Cloward and Piven called for action to bankrupt the welfare
state and usher the death of America. Today, there are 52.2 million Americans
on welfare. This statistic accounts for approximately 21.3 percent of the
population of the United States of America. Each year, the federal government
reaches into the pockets of productive Americans to cover the nearly $1
trillion spent on welfare programs, many of which have been craftily engineered
to be wasteful.
The leftist takeover of California did not happen overnight, nor
did it happen in a vacuum. Leftism took hold of California slowly at first and
attracted little attention. As the welfare state grew, the overt push to force
a singular political perspective onto the populace by way of "social
justice", censorship, and related educational "reforms"
swallowed the last semblance of common sense inside the statehouse in
Sacramento. It is now almost impossible to fathom how a fiscal conservative and
Christian man like Ronald Reagan could have ever been elected as the governor
of California.
The evidence of the corruption that is caused by the leftists upon
our freedoms and our society is rampant, even for those of us who are outside
of California. Take for instance, when searching for more information about
this topic, a certain politically-active search engine company that is located
in California is replacing the real search results with interference, such as
"Numbers bust the myth: There's no great exodus from California".
That's right, just move along and don't ask too many questions. It's really
reminiscent of headlines from old Soviet newspapers that reported absolutely no
people were defecting to the freedom-loving democracies of the West, because a
communist's life is so good.
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Tara Dodrill is a proud conservative Christian woman and
homesteader from Appalachia. Dodrill is an author, radio show host, and
online journalist with a background in the education and real estate fields.
She is a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who is dedicated to living a
self-reliant lifestyle and aiding others along their preparedness journey.
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