The Rise and Fall of California
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Date: 2025-11-01
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otakuon
I was born and raised in California and have continued to live here for nearly 50 years. For about half of that time I lived in Northern California with the other half spent in Southern California. The 1980's was definitely the high point as far as things go for the state. Starting in the 1990's there was a very noticeable decline in the quality of life in the state along with a continuous rise in the cost of living which has persisted to this day and accelerated considerable over the past decade. And it's true that much of that decline has been due to the fracturing and abrogation of any sense of shared culture among the inhabitants of the state, the result of rapid demographic change and the out migration of former residents. Then there is the bizarre situation where a majority of people in the state complain about how miserable they are and how much they can't stand the people in charge, yet they still continue to elect those same people over and over again who have only made matters worse. It's like Stockholm Syndrome on a mass scale.
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I was born and raised in California and have continued to live here for nearly 50 years. For about half of that time I lived in Northern California with the other half spent in Southern California. The 1980's was definitely the high point as far as things go for the state. Starting in the 1990's there was a very noticeable decline in the quality of life in the state along with a continuous rise in the cost of living which has persisted to this day and accelerated considerable over the past decade. And it's true that much of that decline has been due to the fracturing and abrogation of any sense of shared culture among the inhabitants of the state, the result of rapid demographic change and the out migration of former residents. Then there is the bizarre situation where a majority of people in the state complain about how miserable they are and how much they can't stand the people in charge, yet they still continue to elect those same people over and over again who have only made matters worse. It's like Stockholm Syndrome on a mass scale.
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whatifalthist
Let’s not forget the influence of the Spanish during the occupation of L. A. Spain plays a large role in their own culture of idolized femininity to the point of feminizing their own mens to becoming womanizers, thus, creating what we now know as the modern, culturally thriving (no longer, as empty as they are multiculturally) democratic leftism of America and subsequently Hollywood itself. This, coupled with a heavily anglo-saxon industrial tech industry as early as the entrepreneurs of the gold rush time and the building of the railroad creates a ripple effect for all of America (even the backwaters city that is New York at the time) to see the paradise that west coast Los Angeles people has built and it’s massive influence culturally and technologically is still being seen globally to this day. I mean, the tech giants themselves stemming from Silicon Valley aren’t going to let the world forget this anytime soon, and certainly not the ideologically insane and yet fading popularity of the Left’s propaganda machine, Hollywood.
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Let’s not forget the influence of the Spanish during the occupation of L. A. Spain plays a large role in their own culture of idolized femininity to the point of feminizing their own mens to becoming womanizers, thus, creating what we now know as the modern, culturally thriving (no longer, as empty as they are multiculturally) democratic leftism of America and subsequently Hollywood itself. This, coupled with a heavily anglo-saxon industrial tech industry as early as the entrepreneurs of the gold rush time and the building of the railroad creates a ripple effect for all of America (even the backwaters city that is New York at the time) to see the paradise that west coast Los Angeles people has built and it’s massive influence culturally and technologically is still being seen globally to this day. I mean, the tech giants themselves stemming from Silicon Valley aren’t going to let the world forget this anytime soon, and certainly not the ideologically insane and yet fading popularity of the Left’s propaganda machine, Hollywood.
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Sabotage_Labs
And of course. the problem isn't that Mexicans are moving into California. It's that. modern ones along with the Democrats that come here with no religion and this attitude of. America owes us all this free crap!
Decades ago, the Mexicans that came there were good Catholics with values and morals. Hard working people. I'm not a religious person but. at least with religion, once a week you have to go sit in a room with the people in your community. You bulld relationships and friendships. Or at least. there's a mechanism of shame for when you step outta line!
I think that's really the primary problem with California and so many of us today. Shameless! People do whatever the hell they want whenever they want while contributing absolutely NOTHING to society. The me me me and gimmie gimmies. You can have a functional society and advance. when everyone is expecting others to give them stuff. and do all the damn work!
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And of course. the problem isn't that Mexicans are moving into California. It's that. modern ones along with the Democrats that come here with no religion and this attitude of. America owes us all this free crap!
Decades ago, the Mexicans that came there were good Catholics with values and morals. Hard working people. I'm not a religious person but. at least with religion, once a week you have to go sit in a room with the people in your community. You bulld relationships and friendships. Or at least. there's a mechanism of shame for when you step outta line!
I think that's really the primary problem with California and so many of us today. Shameless! People do whatever the hell they want whenever they want while contributing absolutely NOTHING to society. The me me me and gimmie gimmies. You can have a functional society and advance. when everyone is expecting others to give them stuff. and do all the damn work!
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CC-sv9fs
Geesh this comment section is a cesspool and deranged like damn, now California is not a bad state what so ever and is still one of my favorite states due to the many things the state offers. Politics don’t really matter if a state is good or not. Like tbh i am not really happy being in Arizona and i don’t think Arizona is perfect and that’s a conservative/purple state. While has things going on with the state I don’t like either also, Like rising housing cost and the hundreds of crappy advertisements. California does have its issues but common people. I think the problems with California is its cost, not its culture. Also politicians cause issues of it’s state, Zorian mamdani is the perfect example on why an entire party is not the problem.
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Geesh this comment section is a cesspool and deranged like damn, now California is not a bad state what so ever and is still one of my favorite states due to the many things the state offers. Politics don’t really matter if a state is good or not. Like tbh i am not really happy being in Arizona and i don’t think Arizona is perfect and that’s a conservative/purple state. While has things going on with the state I don’t like either also, Like rising housing cost and the hundreds of crappy advertisements. California does have its issues but common people. I think the problems with California is its cost, not its culture. Also politicians cause issues of it’s state, Zorian mamdani is the perfect example on why an entire party is not the problem.
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jackal2568
Thank you for bringing up walkable towns. Traditional walkable European style communities should be a goal of the right wing. I’m not talking about sprawling ghetto commie blocks, I’m talking about traditional architecture and city design like our ancestors built. The right wing hatred of anything walkable is an example of the albeit rare occasions where right wing people just have this irrational hatred of something just because it has some left wing proponents without any critical thought given to its merit. Almost like a walkability derangement syndrome. Walkable towns are based and red pilled. I can’t think of anything more globohomo than the suburbs.
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Thank you for bringing up walkable towns. Traditional walkable European style communities should be a goal of the right wing. I’m not talking about sprawling ghetto commie blocks, I’m talking about traditional architecture and city design like our ancestors built. The right wing hatred of anything walkable is an example of the albeit rare occasions where right wing people just have this irrational hatred of something just because it has some left wing proponents without any critical thought given to its merit. Almost like a walkability derangement syndrome. Walkable towns are based and red pilled. I can’t think of anything more globohomo than the suburbs.
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lakehawk
Fantastic video! As a native southern Californian who left because it stopped feeling like my home, and then had my entire neighborhood burn down, the symbolism is not lost on me.
One minor critique: the tragedy of the commons refers to the idea that commonly shared resources are the first ones to be exploited and destroyed, since no individual entity has a stake in maintaining them. You seem to imply that the tragedy of the commons is related to the idea that rich people do not see the value in adding more to/maintaining the Commons. However the real tragedy is thinking that a commonly-held resource is a sustainable idea in the first place
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Fantastic video! As a native southern Californian who left because it stopped feeling like my home, and then had my entire neighborhood burn down, the symbolism is not lost on me.
One minor critique: the tragedy of the commons refers to the idea that commonly shared resources are the first ones to be exploited and destroyed, since no individual entity has a stake in maintaining them. You seem to imply that the tragedy of the commons is related to the idea that rich people do not see the value in adding more to/maintaining the Commons. However the real tragedy is thinking that a commonly-held resource is a sustainable idea in the first place
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tunisian_stats
8: 03 I don’t think it’s western Europe but more Central Europe has been unified under the bureaucracy. There is nothing such as a real Belgian, Swiss or Austrian culture today that isn’t from the 20th century or before and the cultural differences between them and the big Germany in the middle are barely noticeable anymore. Same with the Netherlands. Central Europe seems just like 1 giant leftist block today.
However for Western Europe, for example, France ’s culture is very distinct which is also why it has a higher fertility rate. I speak French and consume french media so I know that. Same with Britain and Portugal.
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8: 03 I don’t think it’s western Europe but more Central Europe has been unified under the bureaucracy. There is nothing such as a real Belgian, Swiss or Austrian culture today that isn’t from the 20th century or before and the cultural differences between them and the big Germany in the middle are barely noticeable anymore. Same with the Netherlands. Central Europe seems just like 1 giant leftist block today.
However for Western Europe, for example, France ’s culture is very distinct which is also why it has a higher fertility rate. I speak French and consume french media so I know that. Same with Britain and Portugal.
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EduardoBifulco
It was able to feed off the West's best people who kept going westward until they hit the ocean. Unironically the best sentences to describe the whole of America, not just California. As you often say that the US is the most western of the western countries, the most individualist and free (having been there, believe me when I tell you this is the greatest lie they told you, you Rudyard should recognize that California is the most American of the american states, literally in every sense. Like, this whole video (atomization, lack of honor, identitization of politics) perfectly applies to the whole US, not just California.
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It was able to feed off the West's best people who kept going westward until they hit the ocean. Unironically the best sentences to describe the whole of America, not just California. As you often say that the US is the most western of the western countries, the most individualist and free (having been there, believe me when I tell you this is the greatest lie they told you, you Rudyard should recognize that California is the most American of the american states, literally in every sense. Like, this whole video (atomization, lack of honor, identitization of politics) perfectly applies to the whole US, not just California.
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ChuckHolland-i4b
I fled the rust belt in the 80s and stayed in California after my military service. Ever since the immigration act on 1964, they have flooded the state with tens of millions of Latinos and Asians. In the city I live, I'm one of the only remaining European descent. Within the last 30 years I've seen slow march of ethnic erosion. Half the population is foreign born and have no allegiance to my adopted state or my country. When you here about the mass migration of people leaving California, it's all euro descendants moving into the countries interior where some of the old America still exists. Idaho, Wyoming, Utah.
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I fled the rust belt in the 80s and stayed in California after my military service. Ever since the immigration act on 1964, they have flooded the state with tens of millions of Latinos and Asians. In the city I live, I'm one of the only remaining European descent. Within the last 30 years I've seen slow march of ethnic erosion. Half the population is foreign born and have no allegiance to my adopted state or my country. When you here about the mass migration of people leaving California, it's all euro descendants moving into the countries interior where some of the old America still exists. Idaho, Wyoming, Utah.
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whatifalthist
Fall for one variable, culture, but without culture you have nothing.
This reminds me of the continuation of Lord of the Rings that Tolkien didnt complete - about a rotten religion that would destroy Gondor from within.
I really hope that someone in here have great writing and mith skills to make a fiction that will takle this issue.
Dead old aristhocracy doesnt exist anymore due to war, new rotten aristhocracy tries to slave the people, brave men in between their plans. Great novel, action filled, grey alliances, sacrifice, providence.
If you are the guy to do that - we are counting on you!
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Fall for one variable, culture, but without culture you have nothing.
This reminds me of the continuation of Lord of the Rings that Tolkien didnt complete - about a rotten religion that would destroy Gondor from within.
I really hope that someone in here have great writing and mith skills to make a fiction that will takle this issue.
Dead old aristhocracy doesnt exist anymore due to war, new rotten aristhocracy tries to slave the people, brave men in between their plans. Great novel, action filled, grey alliances, sacrifice, providence.
If you are the guy to do that - we are counting on you!
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Beamishcrumb
California has one of the most perverse racial categorization laws. It divides Asian into multiple categories, with 4 in the Chinese alone.
I used to believe that was a brilliant tactic for (white majority) to divide the high-performing Asian demographics in order to install racial quotas to preserve their heritage lead
Despite its multiculturalism, Califotnia is one of the states I feel most hostile(after NY and NJ, of course) to colored peoples. It's very nuanced. In Missouri it's more like black vs white, but in CA it's everyone vs. everyone
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California has one of the most perverse racial categorization laws. It divides Asian into multiple categories, with 4 in the Chinese alone.
I used to believe that was a brilliant tactic for (white majority) to divide the high-performing Asian demographics in order to install racial quotas to preserve their heritage lead
Despite its multiculturalism, Califotnia is one of the states I feel most hostile(after NY and NJ, of course) to colored peoples. It's very nuanced. In Missouri it's more like black vs white, but in CA it's everyone vs. everyone
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BenMochan5000
I'm from Connecticut. I lived in LA for 7 years between 2009 and 2016. I worked in post-production in TV and film as an editor. What a horror show. I would NEVER live in California again. Living in LA is like volunteering to live in the 7th level of Hell. California is a TUMOR. That's it. Plain and simple. It is absolutely unique in that there is something inherently seductive and purely evil about the place. It's all bad. I now have a 5-year-old son and I am beyond happy that he's growing up as far away from California as possible.
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I'm from Connecticut. I lived in LA for 7 years between 2009 and 2016. I worked in post-production in TV and film as an editor. What a horror show. I would NEVER live in California again. Living in LA is like volunteering to live in the 7th level of Hell. California is a TUMOR. That's it. Plain and simple. It is absolutely unique in that there is something inherently seductive and purely evil about the place. It's all bad. I now have a 5-year-old son and I am beyond happy that he's growing up as far away from California as possible.
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UrzuaTroskenia0369
Having listened to your presentation I remember one interesting memory from my families completion and wholesome times even in an earlier working class poverty, I can only barely recall a few memories, but turns out I actualized and started inner dialogue when I was like 4-5ish, sadly only remember barely a trace year since I can't recall different seasons. it's a paradise lost and Los Angeles was probably always hinting belonging to the fallen ones, probably going to be a neo Atlantis proxy.
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Having listened to your presentation I remember one interesting memory from my families completion and wholesome times even in an earlier working class poverty, I can only barely recall a few memories, but turns out I actualized and started inner dialogue when I was like 4-5ish, sadly only remember barely a trace year since I can't recall different seasons. it's a paradise lost and Los Angeles was probably always hinting belonging to the fallen ones, probably going to be a neo Atlantis proxy.
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peterbloink8738
You're father's comment at 28: 00 minutes is very astute Rudyard. My German born great great grandfather left his friends and relatives in Michigan to head for the California gold fields. Being unsuccessful digging for gold, he sailed to the Australian goldfields in the early 1850's and established a general store and hotel in Victoria's golden triangle; he was far more financially successful here than he had been in California because he realized it was more profitable to sell shovels and beer!
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You're father's comment at 28: 00 minutes is very astute Rudyard. My German born great great grandfather left his friends and relatives in Michigan to head for the California gold fields. Being unsuccessful digging for gold, he sailed to the Australian goldfields in the early 1850's and established a general store and hotel in Victoria's golden triangle; he was far more financially successful here than he had been in California because he realized it was more profitable to sell shovels and beer!
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alswann2702
Fifty nine and lived here since birth. Our downtown's now look like historically black business districts all over America that were destroyed by the New Society programs of the '60s: boarded up with multiple layers of graffiti and bums covering the sidewalks. Once safe suburban residential neighborhoods where 100 year old two and three bedroom homes cost two million aren't safe anymore. If I live long enough I'll retire in Florida where my father came from.
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Fifty nine and lived here since birth. Our downtown's now look like historically black business districts all over America that were destroyed by the New Society programs of the '60s: boarded up with multiple layers of graffiti and bums covering the sidewalks. Once safe suburban residential neighborhoods where 100 year old two and three bedroom homes cost two million aren't safe anymore. If I live long enough I'll retire in Florida where my father came from.
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tunisian_stats
7: 47 bro is talking about cultural differences and then proceeds to generalize all arabic speaking countries (which have completely different dialects too btw) as genetically arab. For the 100th time we maghrebis are NOT arabs, we have berber genes, genes from the roman empire, the ottoman empire, even european genes and notably southern europe due to how close we are. I am Tunisian, and blonde and brown hair is very common here while arabs have black hair.
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7: 47 bro is talking about cultural differences and then proceeds to generalize all arabic speaking countries (which have completely different dialects too btw) as genetically arab. For the 100th time we maghrebis are NOT arabs, we have berber genes, genes from the roman empire, the ottoman empire, even european genes and notably southern europe due to how close we are. I am Tunisian, and blonde and brown hair is very common here while arabs have black hair.
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stuartshotwell8178
The California baby boomers created a world that has no place for their own childrenVenus energy! liable to fall into delusionlow trust backstabbing war for status and favor with key figuresyou’ll be okay if you go with the flowdeep things you would draw moral strength from are loathed and see with cynicism and contempt.
All while being at the cutting edge of western culture and civilization!
Nailed it.
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The California baby boomers created a world that has no place for their own childrenVenus energy! liable to fall into delusionlow trust backstabbing war for status and favor with key figuresyou’ll be okay if you go with the flowdeep things you would draw moral strength from are loathed and see with cynicism and contempt.
All while being at the cutting edge of western culture and civilization!
Nailed it.
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user-so5tb1hy8r
Glad im not the only one who noticed the mythology of California. If you just talk about it in Stories it sounds like a fantasy land. In the far West. lie paradise, Forests that catch fire but never burn, gold flowing through the rivers, trees that reach heaven itself and live for eternity, to its West an endless sea, to its East scorching desert and wasteland, there is no winter here. but neither is there sanity.
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Glad im not the only one who noticed the mythology of California. If you just talk about it in Stories it sounds like a fantasy land. In the far West. lie paradise, Forests that catch fire but never burn, gold flowing through the rivers, trees that reach heaven itself and live for eternity, to its West an endless sea, to its East scorching desert and wasteland, there is no winter here. but neither is there sanity.
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CorsairTrainers
Couple of things. You gloss over the time Spain conquered California. The mission system killed and enslaved the native population well before Americans came. You also gloss over the time Mexico did the same thing. Although you have valid points in this video. You, like so many who come here and then leave, do not have a deeper understanding of California. You simply have taken the stereotypes and repeated them.
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Couple of things. You gloss over the time Spain conquered California. The mission system killed and enslaved the native population well before Americans came. You also gloss over the time Mexico did the same thing. Although you have valid points in this video. You, like so many who come here and then leave, do not have a deeper understanding of California. You simply have taken the stereotypes and repeated them.
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explosivetwist
I don't understand why liberal/dems/leftists love the democrat politicians here so much. It's obvious looking around at the material reality here and the length of time they've been in power that they don't care about anyone but themselves. But people here gaslight or delude themselves into thinking their political beliefs are morally superior. When the material reality proves the opposite.
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I don't understand why liberal/dems/leftists love the democrat politicians here so much. It's obvious looking around at the material reality here and the length of time they've been in power that they don't care about anyone but themselves. But people here gaslight or delude themselves into thinking their political beliefs are morally superior. When the material reality proves the opposite.
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