And in turn, California is a preview for what's happening to the rest of America as we shift demographically, politically, and economically from a First World Western nation to a Third World Latin American one. Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador have the highest per capita murder rates in the world thanks to gang activity. We will match them soon.
“And in turn, California is a preview for what’s happening to the rest of America as we shift demographically, politically, and economically from a First World Western nation to a Third World Latin American one. “
And there’s no sign that this process will stop. The Bush Republicans were and are every bit as bad about promoting this demographic transformation as the Obama Democrats. I have no idea if Trump will address it.
Legal immigration is the unrecognized driver of what California has become. In the pretend world that so many like to live in, the impact of legal immigrants on American electoral politics is always assumed to be benign.
Well it’s certainly benign if you like the socialist people’s republic that California has become. It increasingly reflects the societies that most of our post 1965 immigrants hail from. Because oddly enough simply planting your feet on American soil doesn’t change your cultural preferences.