$crew Kalifornia—Let ‘em whither and die.
There, fixed it as truly 'optimal'.
We are withering and dying politically, economically and morally.
Not everyone in Ca (Ka, if you prefer) is a flaming Hollywood type liberal, myself included. Thankfully, I live in a conservative pocket in So. Kal. But if I was living in another state, I probably would come to the same conclusion as you did.