Government Can't be the Mommy
Posted by Abaco 5 years, 9 months ago to Philosophy
So, I was looking at real estate outside of California again this weekend. Now, in light of recent lawmaking removing all control from parents in California regarding their children's health, the big move is afoot. It was interesting talking with realtors. Their eyes get big when they talk about how their phones are exploding with calls from Californians the past few weeks. Real estate prices outside of California are skyrocketing. I was mulling over this new transition. Several families we know have informed us they're going to Idaho now. One family to Arizona. So...what has really brought this on, in terms of philosophy? It dawned on me that our government has, for 50 years, been playing the role of the daddy. Where allowed, it doesn't work well for the children. So many fatherless households, so many kids harmed. But, here in California they are starting to try to play the role of the mommy too. It's not the first time. They tried it years ago with bussing in LA country, which resulted in the housing explosion in Orange County. This was a smaller version of what I'm seeing now. But, this latest effort is a statewide deal. When they try to take control of the child away from the mommy people still bristle. I think that's a good sign, a healthy reaction. They should remove the child where the mother doesn't have quick access. They shouldn't mandate medical treatments. A lot of moms, apparently, don't want to be replaced yet. And, here they're telling their husbands (those who still have them), "Let's get out of here".
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When one is surrounded all day, every day by the creations of man - skyscrapers, stock markets, etc. - it is very easy to think one is in control of much more than one really is. It is a lot easier to attribute this greatness to man and to lose one's wonder for nature. When one only knows that food comes from the grocery store and not how it got to the grocery store, one becomes disassociated from reality. Just like not knowing about how coal and iron are mined to make steel makes one unappreciative of the automobile one drives.
Of course, we also see this when catastrophic weather events hit, like the hurricane-turned-snowstorm that battered New York City a couple of years ago. If a series of nationwide (or worldwide) calamities hit, those cities are going to become deathtraps to their inhabitants.
This is Atlas Shrugged on a familial level. People saying "We're done with this. Bye." I applaud them, even though I hate the huge rise in real estate prices in my home area.
I have a cousin who is a public policy advocate for a Californian legislator (Republican). He talks with a half-dozen advocacy groups every day about proposals they want to see. 9 out of 10 are just more progressive ideas and he gets the chance to educate them on why those policies are bad ideas. Most are incredibly clueless about the policies themselves and even more so regarding the unintended consequences. The depressing thing in talking to him was that his entire goal isn't about passing good policy any longer but merely trying to stop bad policy. Sad state of affairs (pun intended). I wouldn't be surprised if he moves up here as well...
We have extended our projected stay in Oklahoma for another 3-4 years, due to a work opportunity my husband has chosen.
I feel (oops; I know "feelings" are not a guiding principle, but hang on) like an exile. Self-imposed, of course, as we CHOSE to move here. I'll have to say, though, that I never realized it would be so hard - and unattractive an option - to move back. Maybe if we had stayed, we'd be okay with it, like the frog in the pan of water.
The Big One can't come soon enough for me.
There has been a huge flow of CA corporate HQs to Texas metro areas.
The result is that all metro areas are now voting blue.
I read some times ago someone quipping that Californians are fed up with their state but when they move to other, still sane territory, they ruin it and mess it up, by bringing their idiosyncrasies along.
But, I am watching the news from Texas because I have friends there, friends going there too. There certainly is a transition going on in Texas. But, I'm not convinced it's caused by Californians. There appears to be an orchestrated, national-level effort to turn Texas blue. Just last week I saw a great article on the actual plan...get a grip on the big "voting-base" cities like Dallas, Houston, etc. My own take?...The states like Texas that have large cities with large governments are probably most vulnerable.
It is easy to go tribal and blame "Californians". But, it's somewhat like blaming bison for escaping a burning field. It's overly simplistic. I know of one example of a local (my friend's neighbor) who was purchasing a house in Texas. When the seller found out he was coming from California he backed out of the sale. The buyer had to sit with him and inform him of what I'm saying here. "I'm leaving because I'm running from the problem and will not perpetrate it here..." The sale went through.
This sounds like a leftist strategy to gain more electoral votes and more senate seats.
I look forward to the 9.5 CA earthquake.