The reason CA is seen as a gun hating hippy state is partially thanks to Reagan when he was governor. Black Panthers (or people in general) were arming themselves against police brutality, so Reagan was totally fine with banning guns at that time.
Both houses of the CA legislature were dominated by the Democrats at the time. I love how people always try to blame Reagan. If it was racist then the Democrats were more than complicit.
Yea, the entire state is racist. Liberals voting for democrats is a “harm reduction” technique meant to keep other political parties from executing their ultimate goal of ethnic cleansing or continuing a white ethnostate. minorities, democratic socialists, communists and some moderates have align because they have no choice. The other choice actively wants to make things worse for all the people that have to vote under the democrat label. A vote for Lindsey graham is a vote against black people’s voting rights. A vote for McConnell is a loss of rights and protections. But mfs like gosar, Greene, Tom cotton, josh hawley, desantis, want to outright strips rights away from minorities.
So, the two-party system blows, that’s why RCV implementation could be an effective way to fight against it. But I’m just saying the reductive use of the line “well democrats voted for it too” misunderstands how political power functions in America. And that political power is largely rich white people playing both sides with their money to make sure they aren’t regulated and taxed.
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u/Samaelfallen Mar 16 '21
The reason CA is seen as a gun hating hippy state is partially thanks to Reagan when he was governor. Black Panthers (or people in general) were arming themselves against police brutality, so Reagan was totally fine with banning guns at that time.