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## The Madness of California's Politics

It's worth taking a minute to understand the madness and how bad it is in California. First of all, there is a significant problem with mentally ill and drug-addicted people being left to die on the streets. Emergency medical teams are often called to revive these individuals dozens of times, but the high doses of fentanyl they are using render the Narcan ineffective.

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Furthermore, there are issues with sex trafficking. The police have failed to address the problem, and a 14-year-old girl was discovered being trafficked on the streets. This is not an uncommon occurrence, as street walking has been effectively decriminalized, supposedly because it was disproportionately affecting people of color. The author questions whether this rationale itself might be a rather racist formulation of the problem.

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The latest issue is the effort to empower the state to take children away from their parents if the children are identifying as the opposite sex and the parents are opposed to letting their kids go on drugs or have surgeries in a pseudo-scientific effort to change their sex. The author describes this as a "cult-like" behavior by Democrats in California, drawing parallels to the Jonestown tragedy in the 1970s.

California has long had a reputation for being more "heathen" than other parts of the country, with more saloons than churches when it first arrived in the 19th century. The author suggests that this "sickness of compassion unbounded" has led to a reluctance to intervene in people's lives, even when it means letting them die from fentanyl on the streets.

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This false compassion has also led to the embrace of other pseudo-scientific cults, such as the idea that one can change their sex. The author sees this as a feedback loop, where the people best equipped to stand up for sanity in California are leaving, further exacerbating the problem.

However, the author also notes that California's desirable climate and natural beauty make it a difficult place to abandon, and some people are willing to fight for it. The author suggests that the relationship between the government and the public is more akin to a dairy farmer and their herd, where the government sees the public as their "milk cows" to be kept healthy enough to produce for them.

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Overall, the author paints a bleak picture of the political and social landscape in California, where mental illness, drug addiction, sex trafficking, and pseudo-scientific cults have taken hold, with the government seemingly more interested in maintaining power than addressing the real issues facing the people.

## The Urban-Rural Divide

The author also touches on the growing divide between urban and rural areas, noting that when you travel, you quickly encounter the sense that "we are in two different societies." This urban-rural divide is a significant problem that could be leading to some political correction.

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The author points to the increasing support for Trump among Black voters as an example of this political realignment. They suggest that the Republicans are increasingly becoming a working-class party, while the Democrats are aligning more with educated elites. This shift could create significant problems for the Democrats, as the majority of the population in the United States does not have a college degree.

The author sees this political realignment as being as significant as the one that occurred after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. They suggest that the Democrats will need to start responding with policies that are more in the interest of working people if they want to succeed politically.

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Overall, the author paints a complex and nuanced picture of the political and social landscape in California and the United States, highlighting the challenges and potential for change in the years to come.