Who in their right mind wants to be ‘really American’ now? Our country has become defined by fascism, rage and violence.
The California State Capitol building in Sacramento. According to an Independent California Institute poll, 58% of California adults say we’d be better off if California peacefully became its own country.I hope you, my fellow Californians, feel the same way.Among the findings: Half of American adults believe our state is in decline. Dislike of the Golden State runs even deeper among conservatives. Two-thirds of Republicans in the suvey called the national impact of California “net negative.
The journalist Carey McWilliams, perhaps California’s greatest interpreter, wrote in 1949: “One cannot, as yet, properly place California in the American scheme of things. … California is an anomaly, a freak, the great exception among the American states.” Our wise extension of health insurance, including Medicaid, to all our people, regardless of their legal status, would also be targeted.
A higher number, 68%, say California would be better off if, instead of seceding, the state obtained a special autonomous status within the United States.
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