I'm from England and spent 2 years in California (Laguna Beach) when I was 21 in 1974 and it was heaven on earth! Orange County was full of orange farms (and avocados). Since then I've been back every few years. I've definitely noticed the deterioration. If you replace people who pay a lot in tax with non tax payers, the infrastructure is bound to suffer. That's not racism, just common sense.
I'm moving to Laguna Beach next month. Right on the ocean though, not inland..Laguna has not changed but surrounding areas for sure. Key is if you can afford it, find the little slice and stay there. Carmel by the Sea, many other coastal areas still heaven on earth but surrounded by Hell.
He forgets to mention the huge influx of asian immigrants too. I live and grew up in a mostly white san gabriel valley....its now a total melting pot, no one speaks english, business's have all signs in chinese. No one cares about assimilating to usa ideals.
ca is drastically different and worse in manycases than it was in 1974. prop 187 passed with bout 63% of the yes vote in mid 90's some c o r r upt judge over turned and recinded it that is a major reason of ca's decline.
I registered as a Democrat in 1995 in high school. Now, I changed party's for the simple fact that the democrat party lost their minds and logic is dead.
How true. We now have laws and policies in California that sound so extreme, such as dictating things like getting a straw at a restaurant while simultaneously allowing people to use public streets as a bathroom. It's just crazy. As a law-abiding citizens we try to obey Sacramento's intrusive mandates. Then we look at all of these thousands of street people and criminals who are blatantly not obeying the laws, where is equality under the law? Some of these people are even rewarded with benefits, and no way are they punished fir their crimes. It's very frustrating to live in California now. This is my state. I want it back!
@@helenkotowske3829the truth is that you get in way more trouble for an open beer at a bus stop in small towns than they do in any big city for mugging people, everything is the opposite of what school amd tv says, its been that way for a wjole generation but its worse now
He's an idiot. HAHAHAHA!!! Californians are least likely to move from their state. Why? #1 economy, #1 agricultural, #1 entertainment, #2 in average life span, #1 in aerospace, state that people are LEAST likely to move from, # 1 in pro sports, #1 in technology, #1 in venture capital, #1 tourism, #1 fun state, #1 in national parks (9), # 1 in state parks, one of the happiest states, #1 most beautiful state, #1 in GDP. #1 in most new businesses total & per capita, #1 in higher education, #1 in creativity, #1 most innovative state, #1 destination for foreign immigration, #11 most tax-friendly state for the middle class, drag shows, history, abortion, books & ideas are not banned, #1 in natural environment, 20% LESS crime than the national average, 43rd in gun violence, #1 most popular state, #1 state best for business, #7 for health care, #1 healthiest state, # 1 in diversity, best weather by far, etc. The rest of the country needs to catch up.
CA needs to hit a serious rock bottom before the voters abandon their rock'star Dem leaders. And Republicans need to ease up on abortion if they expect to win elections.
That’s incomprehensible to me how stupid those people can be. But then again, the handful of California’s counties which are indeed red are VERY low populated, excluding Bakersfield & Riverside yes?
@@descartes7126 The God whom everyone knows exists but suppress the truth in unrighteousness. Odin is a false man made god, akin to the Islamic, Mormon, Roman Catholic gods, etc.
Taught in California for many years (MA plus 60 credits), but could not afford to anymore. Loved California greatly. Moved to Europe. Safer, better quality of life, more money, less expensive.
For some reason in the last 10 to 20 years Germany does not rank in the top 10 places to live in the world. A once dominant European and thriving economy seems to be faltering. I've heard the German cities are overrun by Muslim and African immigrants which are creating a chasm in the country particularly from the right wing ultranationalists that see their country as being overrun. They may have a point there. I like the idea of Europe. It beats the South American and Asian countries that I often see people seemingly interested in moving to but such a cultural chasm and language barrier. I don't see it as being worth it even if it's less expensive. Europe is superior even if it wasn't less expensive than the US for sure, but it seems from my readings that Finland and the Netherlands and Denmark and Ireland for example seem to be higher quality of life with less issues. Of course as an American I'm not sure about this.
It gives me hope for humanity when I hear people like Victor speak. Intellect combined with extraordinary common sense, that's a rare combo these days.
@@EllieMaes-Grandad PC way of saying that Whites had a good thing going Europe and US. Fun fact.. minorities hate to hear this fact because they can't refute it because the data is irrefutable. That is to say that well over 99% of all of the inventions technologically speaking have been created by white males over the last 300 years since the Industrial Revolution. That's over 99% and that's not hyperbole. Pick an invention. Anything a car, air-conditioning. planes.Computers, the Internet, the internal combustion engine, steel mills, electricity.. type it into a search engine and see what name you come up with as the inventor and invariably it will be a white male. Intellectually superior and more advanced cultural dynamic the greatest poets and artists again white males. Think of a composer Beethoven Mozart Chopin Wagner, artist Picasso van Gogh the list goes on and on advanced culture and superior intellect and they set about destroying it by mongrelizing that intellect and culture and diluting it and fragmenting it. Guilt ridden progressive whites created this abhorrent affirmative action which allowed for the best and the brightest to be replaced by just the opposite.
I am a few months OLDER than Dr. Hanson, he was born in 52, myself in 51, I first set foot in California in 1969, and being a 6th generation Texan, I thought it was the best thing I ever saw. They had the best Horse Racing in he world, Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, and Del Mar. Those Tracks were ALL MAKING MONEY. They AVERAGED over $3 MILLION per day 6 days per DAY in Mutuel Handle in 1971. Now they have torn Hollywood Park down. Santa Anita is barely making it, or maybe NOT making it, I have not looked in a long time. They had the best ROADS, and so on. Well, 50 years, tons of ILLEGAL immigration, DECADES of bad and silly government run by a bunch of Pie in the Sky people that are not grounded in reality has done it in. Now the VERY SAME THING is happening to TEXAS. Everything Good about Texas is Gone, Affordable LAND, good roads, it takes forever and a day to navigate the choking traffic, REAL ESTATE TAXES are ENORMOUS HERE. You have to be an ARISTOCRAT to own MEANINGFUL LAND. The Green part of Texas, everything EAST of Interstate 35 is the only good place to live in Texas, the rest of it is a NASTY DESERT. But the East part is being COVERED by Subdivisions, concrete highways, and **LAKES*** so the HORDES of people moving in here can flush their toilets, that is IF they flush their toilets. Lakes, HIGHWAYS (toll roads) subdivisions, all of the GOOD Arable Land is being turned in to Urban sprawl. I am leaving Texas, the Texas I have lived in that my ancestors built had become foreign to me, it no longer exists. Oklahoma looks BETTER to me now, never thought I would say that. People are going to continue to breed like LEMMINGS. Thomas Robert Malthus was CORRECT, Malthusian Misery here we come. Scots Irish saying, *When you can see another man's Smokestack, it is TIME to move on*
I am a life long resident of California, and when I hit retirement in a few years, I will be leaving the only state I have ever known. There is so much natural beauty in California, and I once spoke with pride about the Golden State. I will miss this place.
@@JamesG1126 Really? So, it is your contention that a homeowner should remain in the workforce until their mortgage is paid off? Your claim has me wondering if you are being intentionally obtuse.
@@stoneymcneal2458 You should plan to pay off your mortgage while still working then live off of social security and 401k/pensions in retirement. You knew you were going to retire. You should have planned accordingly.
Same here. For over 50 years I've never voted for any of these knuckleheads that keep getting voted in. But then I'm do not work for the city, county or state. I do not take welfare or have an EBT card. I do not enjoy a free county car. I do not squat in someone else's house. In short my income is not derived from tax collections and payouts from politicians.
“The Democrats had abandoned their working-class base to chase what they pretended was a racial group when what they were actually chasing was the momentum of unlimited migration”. DANIEL GREENFIELD
1992 moved to Nevada made more money driving trucks paying NO income tax with lower cost of living. Now retired with a paid off house, NO debit, money in the bank operate on a CASH basis. Former native californian.
Conservatives want freedom to enjoy the fruits of their own labors; liberals want power to enjoy the fruits of their neighbors labors. Who do you want for a neighbors, those that leave you alone while they do their own thing or those who feel entitled to what you have and use the government to take it.?
@@mustangracer5124 American Capitalism 1 out of 100 owns all the production and services and charge 10x more it costs. Congress both on Federal level and State only acts in the interest of Corporations b/c they are bribed through lobbyists.
Conservatives also want the government to define who anyone can love, dictate what people do in their bedroom and force birth when a woman is raped I would be conservative if all the social moral crap is off the table
@mustangracer5124 The problem is that a Socialist government forces you to give the cow to your neighbor. The government is not giving you a choice. It is then charity if you decide to give one of your cows to your neighbor, You are free.
@@helenkotowske3829 that's a metaphor that might work on the old Soviet union or Cuba - no one in the US or the modern west is arguing for a plan based economy - it's capitalism but controlled through regulations. Unregulated capitalism leads to monopoly and the people will suffer almost as much as under communism.
This soliloquy on the part of Prof. Hansen has to be examined in context and taken with a certain degree of skepticism. He is referring in almost all of his diatribes to California's working-class. Of course as California's challenges and high taxes and traffic and rules and regulations for business owners and difficult job market and competition for those jobs being undermined by illegal immigration, this does not take into account a significant portion of the state that are quite wealthy into the seven figures. Let's assume you are retired and have significant assets. Living along the beach in Southern California the only thing you might be concerned with is the weather. Is it 70° every day? Is it human? Is there geographical diversity. Can I take day trips to temecula wine country. Can I take a trip up to the mountains for lunch at big Bear or Lake arrowhead. Can I have a drink in Laguna Beach/Dana point at the four seasons overlooking the boats in the harbor. Without attempting to come across as pompous, some that work their whole lives are entitled to this sort of a life and every problem that Prof. Hansen articulates is completely unrelated to that particular demographic. So these comments about California's demise by those responding are two broad in their assessments as their assessments are based upon their own personal experiences as most peoples are when identifying a problem or an issue. I have to say though that this conversation regarding California's demise must be placed in the context as each individual situation is different. I would much prefer to live on the ocean in central California or Southern California where every day it is never too hot and never too cold and never have to deal with those that he discusses in his talks, any day over living in a 4000 square-foot house in Texas because my taxes are lower or because I have four kids I want to raise and they need more space. For a Single guy that doesn't have to work, with money, where is there a better place to live in the United States with the exception of Manhattan
@@edmundmcgrath213 well thought out and written/typed comment. your points are basically accurate. i like how you point out that most people pretty much only see things or problems thru their own personal experience. that is in most cases so true and it is cause no matter how much people virtue signal or say they want to help others well how long and how much huh... as soon as someones bottom line, household, comfort level etc as soon as one of those is directly affected very likely they will become much less supposedly charitable real quick. in other words, the vast majority of people pretty much only care bout their own living standard being as high as they can make it... again, they can say they want to help poor, homless, downtroden, etc or even illegal immigrants but threaten their nice house, car, high end fridge/freezer consistently full of higher end food/drink items and they'll change their stance right quick... as you mention there are many nice places in ca, but also, as you mention most those places gotta be rich or at least upper middle class..... ca is more so than ever before heading toward rich and poor pretty much only... ca also has many undesireable places to live... take some of the deserts for example where first thing i'll say is they have high crime rates, cant leave bikes or anythinhg out side or it will likely be stolen. i've known of people whove had potted plants stolen, i've known people who had benches stolen out their front yard, i knew a guy who had his crv cans and bottles stolen out his BACK yard. this is not to mention the high level of home break ins over say past12-15 years . or hows bout the repeated mail box break ins/mail theft nlah blah etc i have had nearly all those things happen to me, had bikes stolen, house broke into thousands of dollars of things stolen, mail box broken into mail stolen twice, bikes stolen whatelse few at least oh ya onetime i was cuttin branches off a tree and didnt have a drink out side so i set the $200+ chainsaw on the ground, went inside for a drink and when i went back out it was gone/stolen etccc now far as weather how bout 6 months of hottt dry weather 3-4 of those month 110+ degrees some days near or even bout 120... hope have good ac which i've gone without before simply because my ac went out and i wasnt sure if that was gonna be the straw that broke the camels back for me to move out ca... so i waited to decide near a month no ac it was unbearable heat.. at night all night thru early am hours it is hotttt so hot that it makes the back sweat and things very uncomfortable... i'd get up most nights to get in the shower 3-4 times i'd do it to wash off and try to cool down. that helped, but since no matter if it was 1am, 2am, 4am it was still hot out that even with the knob turned all the way to cold the water ws still warm... hows that for good ca weather. anyway i went head and had a new ac put on at bout $7,000 cost..... then to run the ac in the hotest months the electric bill might be as low as bout $380 some months others $400-$500+ depending blah blah that was summer of 2020 with v i r u s thing goin and before biden took office.... this past month in 2023 electri bill was bout $500. now far as neighborhoods in lots of these towns at least half is ghetto hood /.some of the towns near all is ghetto hood... in fact, speaking of poverty and homelessness. went out to get food last nite the cost was bout $15 each and when driving back saw one of the latest homeless encampments saw bout 7-10 homless people wandering few shopping carts full of their things and trash scattered about the area.... i could go on, but thats enuf ca is declining of course though their are rich and/or other nice areas, but come on dont deny it. one story for you: la sheriffdeputy shot in head while sitting in his car 2 days go another is illegal immigrants running rampet along with high lvels of street gangs and violence etc type in san diego migrant (illegal) crisis facilities over crowded.... you will get vids bout it just over the last 5 days they've bused over 3,000 illegals to different areas of sd and had them walk off the bus set them free to go no nothing bout returning or any thing... some sandiego reps think and have heard that it might get so bad as 2,000+ illegals every day released into sd some will stay others will go to la area etc..... nice neighborhoods, but still with concerns of crime, ghetto poor hood neighborhoods that is already how it is.... it will likely get worse and go more and more to rich and poor only... if yu rich consistent 7 figures good for you and enjoy... as for me not consistent 7 figures well if trump dosent go back in white house come 2025 then i will begin to expidite plans of movin out ca to another state. T r u m p 2 0 2 4 T
I used to love this great state and moved here in '83. I considered myself a liberal & democrat. I worked hard, saved my money and contributed to society. But, I am not in the group considered 'Liberal' or 'Democrat' anymore. I am figuring out that there are way more services for poor folks than middle class folks. I see this since I was recently laid off. Why should I be in a hurry to get back to work when I get more now? Oh, and don't get me started on the education system. Thank goodness my kids are grown and my grandkids are in a private school in Arkansas. It is so very normal for them! No confusing topics for kids. I don't want to leave because of the weather, but how much can I take? Victor is spot on with his analysis. I won't be able to afford to retire here. The utilities along run almost $700, with and HOA fee of $250. Seriously...so sad for California...buh bye golden state...
Liberals believe in freedom, hence liberal comes from liberty. These are not liberals…they are communists intent on destroying the country from within.
Am I wrong or is the middle class is becoming a smaller and smaller percentage of the population as a whole. "We", Americans who want to live in a civil society, are losing. "We" had it, but there are just too many who don't want a civil society and they are winning.
The middle class comprised 69% of the population in the 1970s, 61% in the 1980s and currently sits at 50%. An almost 29% decrease over the last 40 years. So no, you're not wrong.
“ideal” socialism has 51% working to support 49% who are not. This war on the middle class is deliberate and well executed. It is winning because, for decades now, education has declined to the point where people are now stupid and/or ignorant. Add in the social rot of humanism in the culture and the balkanization from immigration and America is too far gone for a normal democratic form of government to right the ship. Either a full scale civil war (assuming other countries would leave alone during it) or a massive spiritual revival can correct it now. Im praying…….
Assuming honest elections. It isn’t a coincidence that the state has gone way left since electronic voting came in. They are rigging elections. Why else do you think they oppose voter ID cards (Mexico has them) and ink on the thumb after voting.
@@ClintEwingFreestyle Ehhhhh….probably to a limited degree, but enough to fail by a nearly 2-1 margin?? It stinks, but the state just isn’t the same one it was from post WWII to the mid 1990s.
A moderate opponent was needed. You won't get liberal-minded voters to pick Larry Elder. It seems like the moderate voices on both sides have disappeared
open borders inc by michelle malkin secure the border and save lives by tom homan overran: joe biden created the greatest border crisis in us history by todd bensman and the dying citizen by victor d. hanson T r u m p 2 0 2 4 or boom/bust
I was born and raised in California and finally left when I was 30 years old because I couldn’t afford to buy a house. It breaks my heart to see what the democrats have done to my home state.
Same for me in NYC. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, part of NYC, we had a good childhood, good life. They have destroyed a beautiful city. The destruction in NYC hurts the entire state.
This is why when these people move to other states they still have the mindset/worldview to keep voting like they did in California that it will be a different result.
The demographic shift has gotten pretty crazy. The last time I took a bus into California around 2020, it didn't look like we were in America. At each greyhound station, everyone was either foreign born or first generation. Heck even when I was a kid in California (in the 90s), the first school I went to had bilingual education in the classroom, which slowed everything down. Thankfully we switched to another school.
They are much more racist than the old days too, when you see 20yo Hispanics from La they act like they think you're not even allowed to look at them nowdays
The pendulum shifts. This fourth turning is profound and frightening and needed to happen, not just in CA, but many places in this country The future is right wing
The problem is it will take a generation or 2 to swing back. Get involved at your local level , take back the school board and stop the indoctrination.
Thank you again Victor. I enjoy listening to your well thought out discussions. They lack the bullshit a politician would insert ( they cannot help themselves). You speak of many things in a very understandable way. As someone who went through junior and senior high school with you I can relate to the people you talk about and the things that have happened. Unfortunately, because I believe what you say has happened and continues to happen, I hold very little hope for this state. To me, San Francisco ( a city I loved) is the banner carrier in the demise of society in this state.
I made $124k last year, and paid so much in taxes that I take home 80k, then start paying the additional taxes on all my purchases. Oregon is going the way of California. I can't afford a mortgage in my working class town because I'm helping to support my retired parents who are on a fixed income. Stop voting Democrat, I'm sick of my 60 hour work week and never ever ever getting ahead. I don't know how anyone can vote Democrat and NOT realize that the taxes are killing prosperity.
I don't know how anyone can live in Oregon and pay that state income tax. I live in WA state, I would have to spend 100% of my take home pay on taxable items to even match OR state income levels. On top of that OR residents do pay excise taxes on many things. Just insanity.
@@talusranch990 Just about everything in Oregon has a tax on it, fuel, food, entertainment, lodging, rent, alcohol, just look up alcohol taxes and Oregon is #2 behind Washington State. We have loads of "hidden" taxes that you pay for during purchases.
This is the first time I'll disagree with VDH. The people who have voted for the Democrats will always vote for the Democrats. You might get a few who see what they have done and stop voting for them but most will just continue voting for all the goodies the Democrats promise. The poor will keep on growing being added to those formerly in the middle class and they will continue voting for Democrat promises. They will continue to align with the rich Liberals in this State voting wise because they have to to keep getting the goodies. I just don't see the ray of hope he sees. CA rescinding all the laws they have passed over the last 30 years which have destroyed the State? Ain't gonna happen
Yep. Boomer take from Hanson. I’ve been around Hispanics all my life, and the only race that doesn’t vote for their own are whites. Hispanics will vote for whoever gives them the most handouts like every other racial minority.
Uncanny how Davis Hanson's illustration of immigration and political shift narrates with my maturation and understanding of politics. Immigrated 46 years ago, went to college, worked as a professional for 30 years for a same company and now retired. Dem party seems to work against me in every step of the way, especially last 2 decades. Middle class is decimated and there's no hope with ultra rich and huge dependent class. Only thing I can do is participate in voting for people that speak truth, highlight problems and offer solutions that bring hope to positive changes and right this ship called America.
Due to the CZcams algorithims that feed viewers the content they want already agree with, the very CA voters who most need to see this will never, ever see this. And so the downfall continues.
I left CA in 03/2019 after living there for 39 years. I returned in June of 2023 to visit my children and their children. I was shocked. Traffic in Orange County has doubled. Neighborhoods were very crowded and it was impossible to find parking spaces on the streets in neighborhoods. Everybody seems to have several vehicles instead of one or two like before. I also noticed that the demographic has changed. Before, I would see mostly white and Mexican folks on the streets, but now the people on the streets appear to be Hispanic or Middle Eastern. And, they are rude and aggressive. It just didn't feel the same and the laid back vibe was definitely gone. On a positive note the surf was up and the folks on the beach were mostly white folks , some black folks and some brown skin folks. At any rate I couldn't wait to leave, again.
My Great Great Grandfather Alexander Forbes migrated to San Francisco from Scotland in 1849 - by the time he was established as a builder and interior decorator and a family of 11 children - he was one of the biggest landowners in SF - each generation took over until my father left after us kids were born. All my extended family has now left the area.
The image of the Democrat Party was that they were looking out for the little guy. The way populism is headed they will be looking out for the little guys for very different reasons.
Mr. Hanson, I think you are giving way to much credit to all the Gov employees. Be it FED/State/County/City. Those employees have voted and will continue to vote for their pay, vacation time, 2nd homes, etc etc. Its got nothing to do with morals ands ethics anymore. The evidence of my statement would be the the attack on retail business, of which we only see or hear of approx 1%. Pandoras box has been opened, but regardless all of the Gov workers will vote for theirs. This is undisputable.
If I was a business owner in the private sector, I would refuse to work for or sell anything to a government employee. Government employees should not be able to vote.
@@mafp22w Like Romans handing out goods, food, precious metals to the small tribal peoples. Take it and lay down your swords, or fight and be killed. Loose the village anyway. It really does come down to the same thing.
As a Californian expat, grandparents and parents from san fran, it makes me so sad to see what the democrats did to my state. When I have friends visit and tell me a man defecates on the street next to hotel, I am embarrassed and ashamed.
So true. I’m SF native and I’m still here. I don’t recognize this SF. My home has significantly decreased in value . Currently researching other states. It saddens me that at 58 I have to uproot and literally look for a safe state to live in.
Rail: This sounds EXACTLY like ST3 in WA State. It costs $54 billion across 25 years (used to be $50 billion) and will make about 100 miles of new light rail when the project is complete, and take 4% of cars off the road. Part of the price is because the Seattle region is very hilly, so the rail goes from scenic flyovers into tiny tunnels, and back out into scenic flyovers. Instead of building this, the same amount of money could build 500 miles of highway per year. The system currently gets 10% of revenue from fares and 50% from car registration taxes, and spends 40% of income on operations. Will fares ever cover operations? We don't know.
It's amazing the amount of ex-Californians and ex-Arizonians I see here in Florida. That's a long way to move. It's hard to believe the Reagan came from California, my how the state has changed in my lifetime.
It is amazing to me California voters tolerate what their political leaders allow. Such a shame. I use to love San Francisco. Visited there several times. I would never go there in its current state.
I lived in SF for several years from the late ‘70s to mid ‘80s and enjoyed it, but there SF has always attracted a certain whacked out type of person, and many of them do want the right to take a dump wherever they want and they vote accordingly. There is a certain core there who think they’ve finally created the city they really want. The rest of us are repelled, but there are people who look at say “look at all the pretty tents”.
You and everyone else. If you aren't willing to deport millions of people, remove thousands of laws and regulations, end tons of social services, and dismantle the state - it isn't happening.
I hope people in California can see the light sooner than later. Otherwise it will be too late and all they can vote is when they vote... mornings or evenings. Just like the eastern block during the cold war.
STILL BETTER THAN TRUMP PRINTING 5 TRILLION DOLLARS AND GIVING IT TO THE BANKS!!!! WHICH CAUSED INFLATION BUT YOU DIDNT KNOW THAT BECAUSE FOREIGN FOX SPEWS DIDNT TELL YOU THAT LOL
Native Ca here, left after 45 years. I was told in 1983 6th grade by my Teacher that when I get older their will be so many people in the State that thousands of people will leave and he was right. He was also right about the Internet and politicians
I've known many people who have moved from CA these past few years, and many more who are in the brink.. including myself. Still a lot more pain needed to turn the state away from Dem rule, but that day will happen.
the co r r u p t judge who overturned prop 187 in ca even though it passed with 63% of the yes vote in mid 90's well that is a primary reason ca will probably never be red again. the democrats are embedded and the c o r r u p t c r i m i n a l s will do whatever to keep their grasp on ca. On top of that well the decades long illegal immigrant crisis is worse than ever with biden and like the new york city mayor said bout nyc huh the illegal immigrant crisis willl destroy nyc... if biden stays in come 2025 the illegal immigrant catastrophy will end up sinking many areas of ca move out ca if can my plan is if T r u m p dose not go back in white house come 2025 well i'll expidite thoughts and plans to move out ca as soon as could work it out be movin to another state for the whole country really but for ca, az, il,ny tx etc especially it is: T r u m p 2 0 2 4 or bust
I loved CA when I moved there from the Midwest after college in 77. By the time I retired I couldn't wait to sell up and become another equity emigre. I miss walking the dog by the Pacific and so on but it really is over for the Golden State. Worse yet my generation's kids and grandkids all leave after graduation.
"they have done so much so quickly..." Yep, that's the problem, things have gone so far out of wack the past couple years, many places are unrecognizable as America anymore. And if you are an Asian student, and study super hard, do very well in school, you are punished and not allowed into the top universities due to your ethnicity.
Regarding the 2021 Newsom recall election......Honestly (and with respect), was Larry Elder the best opponent they could muster against Newsom?? It seems as though the conservatives really didn't want change. Perhaps the politics conundrum in California runs far deeper, in both directions, than we are led to believe.
The brilliance of VDH is always enlightening and insightful. I can’t believe his logical assessments of what’s happening cannot swing the CA vote?? Don’t they hear him, don’t they read what he posts, what he says?
you guys are correct....but think on this as well, most people that could move, started leaving in 04, the only people left here now (conservatives) are the ones that have property here or are stuck due to disability. soon though, even those people (me, disabled) will exit stage east. you're right that everything is more expensive. i pay wsg bill and the pge bill with my next months money now and its getting worse and worse. on third lanes i have news for ya....they've been working on a third lane between Merced and atwater for 15 years now....still not done. so no soup for you, everything goes to the almighty high speed rail!....that no one wants.
JUST GOT BACK.... Lived in San Diego from 1997 to 2004 SHOCKED at the garbage at Ocean beach in San Diego... I had never seen that before. Thank god I moved to Dallas in 2004.
I flew into LAX one time coming from overseas and as I was going through customs the officer suddenly held up my passport and said out loud to his fellow officers "I've got it!" While waving my passport around. Worried, I asked him what was going on. He said "Oh, nothing, we just had a bet this morning about who was going to be the first to find someone who was actually born here in California." I asked him how long had they been working on their shift, and he told me "For four hours."
California was a nice place back in the 50s and 60s. Then everybody came to the party and never left. Used to be a 1/2 hour trip to the beach during rush hour now you can't make it less than 2 hours and return in 2 hours. Left California after 70 years, so sad.
I live in the Antelope Valley section of LA county, my representative is Kevin McCarthy. That said, everyone I know has moved out. Many of my wife's clients have moved except for the elderly. My neighborhood was built in 2000 and every single original owner has moved to other states, except us. We will probably be gone by next year. "So long, and thanks for all the fish."
Having been a truck driver, and having lived in Cali… trucks aren’t the issue with traffic. It’s almost entirely caused by two factors: tolling the far left lane making it nearly unused, and two: bad drivers that don’t keep right and drive terrible slow and distracted.
If you want to know who, why, or how, you ALWAYS follow the money. Look at who is making the most money and fueling the change, and then you find your culprits.
Born and raised in California. I recently left and bought another house in a different state. I miss the weather and growing up on the beach but its not the same place i grew up in. Everything Victor is saying is true. As a black upper middle class person we decided to move back down south where my grandparents who moved to California in the 40s came from. Alot more stability and opportunities here.
I agree with his analysis but even if there is a change in how people vote because of bad policies, it just doesn’t matter when the democrats control the voting machines.
I still love California. It's so beautiful. But the homeless crisis, the insane cost of real estate and the overall high cost of living thanks to super high taxes have forced me to leave to Nevada. Maybe I'll come back someday. I hope. It's really a beautiful state, but maybe with most of the billionaires leaving (and thus a huge chunk of state revenue), the politicians will get their shit together. I miss Arnold. He was a good governor.
You are forgetting the Ukranian immigrants in Sacramento. Antelope, a former farming town is niw called Little Russia forcing single families out moving to AZ, OK, etc. The cultural center/community church is a huge property in Rocklin beneath William Jessup University on the 65 corridor.
If I was president, I’d beg Dr. Hanson to work with me before I’d try to fix anything, to first see if and how badly my fixes and ideas have failed in the past.
This man is a modern genius. His ability and incredible insight to the true failures of California's (and the Nation's) policies bring light to the bleak future we face unless real conservative change happens. The very real destruction of America's middle class is imminent on it's existing path.
I’ve lived here 38 years and the biggest mystery to me is why the hell people in CA still vote for democrats. The decline the last ten years has been stunning in its speed and breadth. But each election always yields another dem supermajority. It’s beyond depressing. I’m imploring my wife that we leave in 2 years when she retires.
I have seven brothers and sisters we all once lived in CA. Now there's two left, the rest moved out of state. This state has completely screwed us with taxes, regulations, etc... My wife and I after 18 year left our small business, little by little we made less revenue even though our business kept growing, go figure that out. Then we couldn't find workers. It was too much we got out and now we we want out of this state. The one thing that stops us is we have three kids here and several grandchildren. And we watch them struggle so much and they work hard to make a living, but even with hard work they are slipping down the ladder not up.
"they will never admit that they are wrong. they are ideologues."
Communism is a ideology.
Modern day democrats are neo communist.
Destroyed by design
I'm from England and spent 2 years in California (Laguna Beach) when I was 21 in 1974 and it was heaven on earth! Orange County was full of orange farms (and avocados). Since then I've been back every few years. I've definitely noticed the deterioration. If you replace people who pay a lot in tax with non tax payers, the infrastructure is bound to suffer. That's not racism, just common sense.
Its okay to be racist. Diversity is a burden, not a strength.
I'm moving to Laguna Beach next month. Right on the ocean though, not inland..Laguna has not changed but surrounding areas for sure. Key is if you can afford it, find the little slice and stay there. Carmel by the Sea, many other coastal areas still heaven on earth but surrounded by Hell.
When you replace First World peoples with 3rd world peoples, you get the 3rd world . RIP California
He forgets to mention the huge influx of asian immigrants too. I live and grew up in a mostly white san gabriel valley....its now a total melting pot, no one speaks english, business's have all signs in chinese. No one cares about assimilating to usa ideals.
ca is drastically different and worse in manycases than it was in 1974.
prop 187 passed with bout 63% of the yes vote in mid 90's some c o r r upt judge over turned and recinded it that is a major reason of ca's decline.
I registered as a Democrat in 1995 in high school. Now, I changed party's for the simple fact that the democrat party lost their minds and logic is dead.
How true. We now have laws and policies in California that sound so extreme, such as dictating things like getting a straw at a restaurant while simultaneously allowing people to use public streets as a bathroom. It's just crazy. As a law-abiding citizens we try to obey Sacramento's intrusive mandates. Then we
look at all of these thousands of street people and criminals who are blatantly not obeying the laws, where is equality under the law? Some of these people are even rewarded with benefits, and no way are they punished fir their crimes. It's very frustrating to live in California now. This is my state. I want it back!
WHAT ABOUT ALTERNATIVE FACTS!!!!!!!! HAHAA AND DRINKING URINE AND TAKING HORSE PILLS SOUND FAMILIAR BOY
The dems that are quitting the dem party now that they built this problem should stay and change your party into something that makes sense.
Their logic is clear. Cheat your way into office and devour everything you can get your hands on.
@@helenkotowske3829the truth is that you get in way more trouble for an open beer at a bus stop in small towns than they do in any big city for mugging people, everything is the opposite of what school amd tv says, its been that way for a wjole generation but its worse now
Victor Davis Hanson is an American treasure.
Agreed. He's a tremendous educator and scholar.
Thank you. I appreciate it.
He's an idiot. HAHAHAHA!!! Californians are least likely to move from their state. Why? #1 economy, #1 agricultural, #1 entertainment, #2 in average life span, #1 in aerospace, state that people are LEAST likely to move from, # 1 in pro sports, #1 in technology, #1 in venture capital, #1 tourism, #1 fun state, #1 in national parks (9), # 1 in state parks, one of the happiest states, #1 most beautiful state, #1 in GDP. #1 in most new businesses total & per capita, #1 in higher education, #1 in creativity, #1 most innovative state, #1 destination for foreign immigration, #11 most tax-friendly state for the middle class, drag shows, history, abortion, books & ideas are not banned, #1 in natural environment, 20% LESS crime than the national average, 43rd in gun violence, #1 most popular state, #1 state best for business, #7 for health care, #1 healthiest state, # 1 in diversity, best weather by far, etc. The rest of the country needs to catch up.
Latest poll shows Biden at 51, Trump at 31. So California voters are far from seeing the light
Admitting you're wrong can be a long journey of self-destruction.
CA needs to hit a serious rock bottom before the voters abandon their rock'star Dem leaders. And Republicans need to ease up on abortion if they expect to win elections.
Best comment on this video.
That’s incomprehensible to me how stupid those people can be. But then again, the handful of California’s counties which are indeed red are VERY low populated, excluding Bakersfield & Riverside yes?
Exactly, there is absolutely nothing that could make a lot of the liberals in Texas vote Republican. California is doomed , and it is a damn shame.
Truly a blessing to the American society. God bless you Dr. Hanson
Which god - there are 3000 gods out there - all man made by the way - I'm guessing you're referring to Odin
@@descartes7126 WHACKO Mollie me one more time please. Enjoy your journey to the CALIFORNICATED SHEETHOLE.
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The God whom everyone knows exists but suppress the truth in unrighteousness. Odin is a false man made god, akin to the Islamic, Mormon, Roman Catholic gods, etc.
@@descartes7126the One you will answer to when you die
@@patrickc3419 all gods are man made buddy so they are equally true
Taught in California for many years (MA plus 60 credits), but could not afford to anymore. Loved California greatly. Moved to Europe. Safer, better quality of life, more money, less expensive.
May I ask where in Europe? Did you opt for citizenship there as well?
@@MichelleyB-zk3eh From San Jose to Germany! I have not opted for citizenship.... Is not required.
For some reason in the last 10 to 20 years Germany does not rank in the top 10 places to live in the world. A once dominant European and thriving economy seems to be faltering. I've heard the German cities are overrun by Muslim and African immigrants which are creating a chasm in the country particularly from the right wing ultranationalists that see their country as being overrun. They may have a point there. I like the idea of Europe. It beats the South American and Asian countries that I often see people seemingly interested in moving to but such a cultural chasm and language barrier. I don't see it as being worth it even if it's less expensive. Europe is superior even if it wasn't less expensive than the US for sure, but it seems from my readings that Finland and the Netherlands and Denmark and Ireland for example seem to be higher quality of life with less issues. Of course as an American I'm not sure about this.
@@maidenthe80sla From your post I bet you're looking at Portugal or Spain but just a guess.
It gives me hope for humanity when I hear people like Victor speak. Intellect combined with extraordinary common sense, that's a rare combo these days.
"The Anglo-sphere is committing mass suicide". quote from ~ Victor Davis Hanson 04/09/2021
@@EllieMaes-Grandad PC way of saying that Whites had a good thing going Europe and US. Fun fact.. minorities hate to hear this fact because they can't refute it because the data is irrefutable. That is to say that well over 99% of all of the inventions technologically speaking have been created by white males over the last 300 years since the Industrial Revolution. That's over 99% and that's not hyperbole. Pick an invention. Anything a car, air-conditioning. planes.Computers, the Internet, the internal combustion engine, steel mills, electricity.. type it into a search engine and see what name you come up with as the inventor and invariably it will be a white male. Intellectually superior and more advanced cultural dynamic the greatest poets and artists again white males. Think of a composer Beethoven Mozart Chopin Wagner, artist Picasso van Gogh the list goes on and on advanced culture and superior intellect and they set about destroying it by mongrelizing that intellect and culture and diluting it and fragmenting it. Guilt ridden progressive whites created this abhorrent affirmative action which allowed for the best and the brightest to be replaced by just the opposite.
Victor Davis Hanson and I are essentially the same age and I've seen the same changes he has.
I am a little older than Mr. Hanson, born and raised in Cal. we should never have let the Monkeys run the Zoo...
I am a few months OLDER than Dr. Hanson, he was born in 52, myself in 51, I first set foot in California in 1969, and being a 6th generation Texan, I thought it was the best thing I ever saw. They had the best Horse Racing in he world, Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, and Del Mar. Those Tracks were ALL MAKING MONEY. They AVERAGED over $3 MILLION per day 6 days per DAY in Mutuel Handle in 1971. Now they have torn Hollywood Park down. Santa Anita is barely making it, or maybe NOT making it, I have not looked in a long time. They had the best ROADS, and so on. Well, 50 years, tons of ILLEGAL immigration, DECADES of bad and silly government run by a bunch of Pie in the Sky people that are not grounded in reality has done it in. Now the VERY SAME THING is happening to TEXAS. Everything Good about Texas is Gone, Affordable LAND, good roads, it takes forever and a day to navigate the choking traffic, REAL ESTATE TAXES are ENORMOUS HERE. You have to be an ARISTOCRAT to own MEANINGFUL LAND. The Green part of Texas, everything EAST of Interstate 35 is the only good place to live in Texas, the rest of it is a NASTY DESERT. But the East part is being COVERED by Subdivisions, concrete highways, and **LAKES*** so the HORDES of people moving in here can flush their toilets, that is IF they flush their toilets. Lakes, HIGHWAYS (toll roads) subdivisions, all of the GOOD Arable Land is being turned in to Urban sprawl. I am leaving Texas, the Texas I have lived in that my ancestors built had become foreign to me, it no longer exists. Oklahoma looks BETTER to me now, never thought I would say that. People are going to continue to breed like LEMMINGS. Thomas Robert Malthus was CORRECT, Malthusian Misery here we come. Scots Irish saying, *When you can see another man's Smokestack, it is TIME to move on*
@@kennethpack1963 quite literally
I am a life long resident of California, and when I hit retirement in a few years, I will be leaving the only state I have ever known. There is so much natural beauty in California, and I once spoke with pride about the Golden State. I will miss this place.
I'm a life long Californian and am not going anywhere. California isn't as good as it once was but it's still better than anywhere else.
@@JamesG1126 It is the cost of living that is killing me.
@@stoneymcneal2458 You shouldn't retire if you don't own your house free and clear.
@@JamesG1126 Really? So, it is your contention that a homeowner should remain in the workforce until their mortgage is paid off? Your claim has me wondering if you are being intentionally obtuse.
@@stoneymcneal2458 You should plan to pay off your mortgage while still working then live off of social security and 401k/pensions in retirement. You knew you were going to retire. You should have planned accordingly.
This man is spot on! His knowledge in the issues blows me away. I have learned so much just listening to him.
I'm a California resident and never voted for this nonsense. I have not voted for a winner in a California election since the 1980s.
Same here.
For over 50 years I've never voted for any of these knuckleheads that keep getting voted in. But then I'm do not work for the city, county or state. I do not take welfare or have an EBT card. I do not enjoy a free county car. I do not squat in someone else's house. In short my income is not derived from tax collections and payouts from politicians.
get plan move out of ca
“The Democrats had abandoned their working-class base to chase what they pretended was a racial group when what they were actually chasing was the momentum of unlimited migration”. DANIEL GREENFIELD
Professor Hanson knows California really well and speaks what needs to be said!!!
1992 moved to Nevada made more money driving trucks paying NO income tax with lower cost of living. Now retired with a paid off house, NO debit, money in the bank operate on a CASH basis. Former native californian.
I could not live with extreme temperatures.
Truckers are heroes.
@@catherinecarella2928 Depends on what you call "extreme." Most of Nevada has similar temps to those in the People's Republic of California.
Good for you! Enjoy retirement!
@@catherinecarella2928 I moved from California to Nevada too. The temperature part is rough but not impossible to deal with.
Victor Davis Hanson is absolutely brilliant. A blessing to the world.
A lot of Iraqis would disagree with him being "brilliant."
Putin agrees completely...
This isn't brilliant. This is common sense.
I always thought he's on the CIA payroll
VDH has forgotten more history than this comment thread knows en toto.
Conservatives want freedom to enjoy the fruits of their own labors; liberals want power to enjoy the fruits of their neighbors labors. Who do you want for a neighbors, those that leave you alone while they do their own thing or those who feel entitled to what you have and use the government to take it.?
Socialism.. you have 2 cows, give one to your neighbor
Capitalism .. you have 2 cows, sell one and buy a bull.
@@mustangracer5124 American Capitalism 1 out of 100 owns all the production and services and charge 10x more it costs. Congress both on Federal level and State only acts in the interest of Corporations b/c they are bribed through lobbyists.
Conservatives also want the government to define who anyone can love, dictate what people do in their bedroom and force birth when a woman is raped
I would be conservative if all the social moral crap is off the table
@mustangracer5124 The problem is that a Socialist government forces you to give the cow to your neighbor. The government is not giving you a choice. It is then charity if you decide to give one of your cows to your neighbor, You are free.
@@helenkotowske3829 that's a metaphor that might work on the old Soviet union or Cuba - no one in the US or the modern west is arguing for a plan based economy - it's capitalism but controlled through regulations. Unregulated capitalism leads to monopoly and the people will suffer almost as much as under communism.
I know we can’t just throw up our hands and do nothing but, frankly, I think California has gone down a road of no return!
They passed the tipping point when Newson became Govenor.
You got that right..What a disgrace!
correct
This soliloquy on the part of Prof. Hansen has to be examined in context and taken with a certain degree of skepticism. He is referring in almost all of his diatribes to California's working-class. Of course as California's challenges and high taxes and traffic and rules and regulations for business owners and difficult job market and competition for those jobs being undermined by illegal immigration, this does not take into account a significant portion of the state that are quite wealthy into the seven figures. Let's assume you are retired and have significant assets. Living along the beach in Southern California the only thing you might be concerned with is the weather. Is it 70° every day? Is it human? Is there geographical diversity. Can I take day trips to temecula wine country. Can I take a trip up to the mountains for lunch at big Bear or Lake arrowhead. Can I have a drink in Laguna Beach/Dana point at the four seasons overlooking the boats in the harbor. Without attempting to come across as pompous, some that work their whole lives are entitled to this sort of a life and every problem that Prof. Hansen articulates is completely unrelated to that particular demographic. So these comments about California's demise by those responding are two broad in their assessments as their assessments are based upon their own personal experiences as most peoples are when identifying a problem or an issue. I have to say though that this conversation regarding California's demise must be placed in the context as each individual situation is different. I would much prefer to live on the ocean in central California or Southern California where every day it is never too hot and never too cold and never have to deal with those that he discusses in his talks, any day over living in a 4000 square-foot house in Texas because my taxes are lower or because I have four kids I want to raise and they need more space. For a Single guy that doesn't have to work, with money, where is there a better place to live in the United States with the exception of Manhattan
@@edmundmcgrath213 well thought out and written/typed comment. your points are basically accurate. i like how you point out that most people pretty much only see things or problems thru their own personal experience. that is in most cases so true and it is cause no matter how much people virtue signal or say they want to help others well how long and how much huh... as soon as someones bottom line, household, comfort level etc as soon as one of those is directly affected very likely they will become much less supposedly charitable real quick.
in other words, the vast majority of people pretty much only care bout their own living standard being as high as they can make it... again, they can say they want to help poor, homless, downtroden, etc or even illegal immigrants but threaten their nice house, car, high end fridge/freezer consistently full of higher end food/drink items and they'll change their stance right quick...
as you mention there are many nice places in ca, but also, as you mention most those places gotta be rich or at least upper middle class..... ca is more so than ever before heading toward rich and poor pretty much only...
ca also has many undesireable places to live... take some of the deserts for example where first thing i'll say is they have high crime rates, cant leave bikes or anythinhg out side or it will likely be stolen. i've known of people whove had potted plants stolen, i've known people who had benches stolen out their front yard, i knew a guy who had his crv cans and bottles stolen out his BACK yard. this is not to mention the high level of home break ins over say past12-15 years . or hows bout the repeated mail box break ins/mail theft nlah blah etc i have had nearly all those things happen to me, had bikes stolen, house broke into thousands of dollars of things stolen, mail box broken into mail stolen twice, bikes stolen whatelse few at least oh ya onetime i was cuttin branches off a tree and didnt have a drink out side so i set the $200+ chainsaw on the ground, went inside for a drink and when i went back out it was gone/stolen etccc
now far as weather how bout 6 months of hottt dry weather 3-4 of those month 110+ degrees some days near or even bout 120... hope have good ac which i've gone without before simply because my ac went out and i wasnt sure if that was gonna be the straw that broke the camels back for me to move out ca... so i waited to decide near a month no ac it was unbearable heat.. at night all night thru early am hours it is hotttt so hot that it makes the back sweat and things very uncomfortable... i'd get up most nights to get in the shower 3-4 times i'd do it to wash off and try to cool down. that helped, but since no matter if it was 1am, 2am, 4am it was still hot out that even with the knob turned all the way to cold the water ws still warm... hows that for good ca weather.
anyway i went head and had a new ac put on at bout $7,000 cost..... then to run the ac in the hotest months the electric bill might be as low as bout $380 some months others $400-$500+ depending blah blah that was summer of 2020 with v i r u s thing goin and before biden took office.... this past month in 2023 electri bill was bout $500.
now far as neighborhoods in lots of these towns at least half is ghetto hood /.some of the towns near all is ghetto hood... in fact, speaking of poverty and homelessness. went out to get food last nite the cost was bout $15 each and when driving back saw one of the latest homeless encampments saw bout 7-10 homless people wandering few shopping carts full of their things and trash scattered about the area....
i could go on, but thats enuf ca is declining of course though their are rich and/or other nice areas, but come on dont deny it.
one story for you:
la sheriffdeputy shot in head while sitting in his car 2 days go
another is illegal immigrants running rampet along with high lvels of street gangs and violence etc
type in san diego migrant (illegal) crisis facilities over crowded.... you will get vids bout it
just over the last 5 days they've bused over 3,000 illegals to different areas of sd and had them walk off the bus set them free to go no nothing bout returning or any thing... some sandiego reps think and have heard that it might get so bad as 2,000+ illegals every day released into sd some will stay others will go to la area etc.....
nice neighborhoods, but still with concerns of crime, ghetto poor hood neighborhoods that is already how it is.... it will likely get worse and go more and more to rich and poor only... if yu rich consistent 7 figures good for you and enjoy...
as for me not consistent 7 figures well if trump dosent go back in white house come 2025 then i will begin to expidite plans of movin out ca to another state.
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This man is without question one of the most knowledgeable people in America.
correct
Thank you both ! I watched it on LIBERTY PEN ! ❤
I used to love this great state and moved here in '83. I considered myself a liberal & democrat. I worked hard, saved my money and contributed to society. But, I am not in the group considered 'Liberal' or 'Democrat' anymore. I am figuring out that there are way more services for poor folks than middle class folks. I see this since I was recently laid off. Why should I be in a hurry to get back to work when I get more now? Oh, and don't get me started on the education system. Thank goodness my kids are grown and my grandkids are in a private school in Arkansas. It is so very normal for them! No confusing topics for kids. I don't want to leave because of the weather, but how much can I take? Victor is spot on with his analysis. I won't be able to afford to retire here. The utilities along run almost $700, with and HOA fee of $250. Seriously...so sad for California...buh bye golden state...
The Democrat Party is no longer democratic - it has become totalitarian. 😔
Liberals believe in freedom, hence liberal comes from liberty. These are not liberals…they are communists intent on destroying the country from within.
Don*t forget to vote D for the good life. And social justice against the Oppressors.
Hahaha... don't belong to that party anymore, and planning my escape to a state that makes sense! @@brianmolstad1255
@@brianmolstad1255 "The good life?!?" Ok, I get. You've gone off your meds. Good luck going forward.
Am I wrong or is the middle class is becoming a smaller and smaller percentage of the population as a whole. "We", Americans who want to live in a civil society, are losing. "We" had it, but there are just too many who don't want a civil society and they are winning.
That was part of their plan, destroying the middle class. Covid-19 shut down destroyed most small businesses, all by design.
You are NOT WRONG!!!
The middle class comprised 69% of the population in the 1970s, 61% in the 1980s and currently sits at 50%. An almost 29% decrease over the last 40 years. So no, you're not wrong.
“ideal” socialism has 51% working to support 49% who are not. This war on the middle class is deliberate and well executed. It is winning because, for decades now, education has declined to the point where people are now stupid and/or ignorant. Add in the social rot of humanism in the culture and the balkanization from immigration and America is too far gone for a normal democratic form of government to right the ship. Either a full scale civil war (assuming other countries would leave alone during it) or a massive spiritual revival can correct it now. Im praying…….
There is a plan to do away with the middle class..
The fact that the recall failed by over 30 points shows that that state deserves anything it gets.
Sad, but true ... 😔
That was rigged for sure
Assuming honest elections. It isn’t a coincidence that the state has gone way left since electronic voting came in. They are rigging elections. Why else do you think they oppose voter ID cards (Mexico has them) and ink on the thumb after voting.
@@ClintEwingFreestyle
Ehhhhh….probably to a limited degree, but enough to fail by a nearly 2-1 margin?? It stinks, but the state just isn’t the same one it was from post WWII to the mid 1990s.
A moderate opponent was needed. You won't get liberal-minded voters to pick Larry Elder. It seems like the moderate voices on both sides have disappeared
Very enlightening interview. If only our voting citizens were open to hearing this and help to turn the tide.
open borders inc by michelle malkin
secure the border and save lives by tom homan
overran: joe biden created the greatest border crisis in us history by todd bensman
and the dying citizen by victor d. hanson
T r u m p 2 0 2 4 or boom/bust
60 percent of Americans have less than a 1000 dollars in savings. We should not be surprised why the vote for more socialistic policies.
I was born and raised in California and finally left when I was 30 years old because I couldn’t afford to buy a house. It breaks my heart to see what the democrats have done to my home state.
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Same for me in NYC. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, part of NYC, we had a good childhood, good life. They have destroyed a beautiful city. The destruction in NYC hurts the entire state.
People of California, please stay there.
California can hardly give up "Orange Man Bad", staying woke...
Bingo. They didn’t vote for Biden. They voted against Trump.
The Democrat party is mostly a collective of narcissists and narcissists never apologize or admit they’re wrong.
This is why when these people move to other states they still have the mindset/worldview to keep voting like they did in California that it will be a different result.
Californians have demonstrated a strong ability to vote against their own self interest.
Sad , but true ... 😔
Voting doesn't work. Not for elections or recalls.
Welfare checks and drugs. They are getting what they want
If you vote against the people giving away the free stuff, you don't get the free stuff.
(Shortsighted voters)
My interests too! Moving to my state and making it like California? Gang culture, liberalism, druggie, transgender bull!
This is an excellent interview. There is also election rigging going on. 😲
I've lived in California 2x. Left in '08. Thanks be to God.
You become conservative when you have something to conserve.
The rich have gone into the attic and pulled up the ladder... That is for sure the truth!
Damn this guy is good. I’m Mexican in California n I’ve voted red the last 6 years. I’m not leaving until California goes red again
The demographic shift has gotten pretty crazy. The last time I took a bus into California around 2020, it didn't look like we were in America. At each greyhound station, everyone was either foreign born or first generation.
Heck even when I was a kid in California (in the 90s), the first school I went to had bilingual education in the classroom, which slowed everything down. Thankfully we switched to another school.
It’s a major reason for California’s decline. Something that isn’t mentioned often.
They are much more racist than the old days too, when you see 20yo Hispanics from La they act like they think you're not even allowed to look at them nowdays
"WAAAAAHHHH too much brown people for my racist fragile soul WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA". - *Smallest violin in the world music playing*-
@@HamhocksUnlimited Ah yes, less racist than in the good ole days of segregation and Jim Crow. Right.
@@deathdealer8185 I'm brown. That doesn't mean I think it is good for a country to have demographic replacement.
The pendulum shifts. This fourth turning is profound and frightening and needed to happen, not just in CA, but many places in this country
The future is right wing
Hope you're right. The Democrat/Communists have just about killed the State (& the nation)
The problem is it will take a generation or 2 to swing back. Get involved at your local level , take back the school board and stop the indoctrination.
NOPE THE 1% ALREADY HAVE ALL THE MONEY IF YOU THINK WERE GONNA GIVE THEM MORE MONEY TO LET THEM BUY MORE OF OUR GOVT YOUR WRONG
Not if the economy collapses before change can happen. A collapse would mean a total shift toward the socialist left.
born and raised in CA...left in 2021......sad to see what happened to this state
ITS FUNNY HOW BRAINWASHED YOU ARE THAT THE MEDIA MADE YOU LEAVE AHAH THEY COULD PROBLY MAKE YOU BELIVE ANYTHING LOL
congrats on gettin out of ca
Thank you again Victor. I enjoy listening to your well thought out discussions. They lack the bullshit a politician would insert ( they cannot help themselves). You speak of many things in a very understandable way. As someone who went through junior and senior high school with you I can relate to the people you talk about and the things that have happened. Unfortunately, because I believe what you say has happened and continues to happen, I hold very little hope for this state. To me, San Francisco ( a city I loved) is the banner carrier in the demise of society in this state.
I'm surprised cholera typhoid or more infectious diseases haven't swept through the homeless camps. I know they have Hepatitis from drug use
I made $124k last year, and paid so much in taxes that I take home 80k, then start paying the additional taxes on all my purchases. Oregon is going the way of California. I can't afford a mortgage in my working class town because I'm helping to support my retired parents who are on a fixed income. Stop voting Democrat, I'm sick of my 60 hour work week and never ever ever getting ahead. I don't know how anyone can vote Democrat and NOT realize that the taxes are killing prosperity.
Congrats and Damn!
I don't know how anyone can live in Oregon and pay that state income tax. I live in WA state, I would have to spend 100% of my take home pay on taxable items to even match OR state income levels. On top of that OR residents do pay excise taxes on many things. Just insanity.
What additional taxes.....OR has NO sales tax
It took me a long time to figure they're killing more than prosperity. I'll never vote Dem again.
@@talusranch990 Just about everything in Oregon has a tax on it, fuel, food, entertainment, lodging, rent, alcohol, just look up alcohol taxes and Oregon is #2 behind Washington State. We have loads of "hidden" taxes that you pay for during purchases.
This is the first time I'll disagree with VDH. The people who have voted for the Democrats will always vote for the Democrats. You might get a few who see what they have done and stop voting for them but most will just continue voting for all the goodies the Democrats promise. The poor will keep on growing being added to those formerly in the middle class and they will continue voting for Democrat promises. They will continue to align with the rich Liberals in this State voting wise because they have to to keep getting the goodies. I just don't see the ray of hope he sees. CA rescinding all the laws they have passed over the last 30 years which have destroyed the State? Ain't gonna happen
Sadly...you are correct.
vdh is probably just havin wishful thinking
Yep. Boomer take from Hanson. I’ve been around Hispanics all my life, and the only race that doesn’t vote for their own are whites. Hispanics will vote for whoever gives them the most handouts like every other racial minority.
SUCH good selections on this channel!
Thank you. :D
I will pray for America. 🇺🇸
Please pray for me. 🙏🏻
God Bless you. ✝️
Uncanny how Davis Hanson's illustration of immigration and political shift narrates with my maturation and understanding of politics. Immigrated 46 years ago, went to college, worked as a professional for 30 years for a same company and now retired. Dem party seems to work against me in every step of the way, especially last 2 decades. Middle class is decimated and there's no hope with ultra rich and huge dependent class. Only thing I can do is participate in voting for people that speak truth, highlight problems and offer solutions that bring hope to positive changes and right this ship called America.
That is Our Last and Best Tool for the "Everyman" to turn the tide against the destruction of OUR America!
Due to the CZcams algorithims that feed viewers the content they want already agree with, the very CA voters who most need to see this will never, ever see this. And so the downfall continues.
correct
Great point, probably the best and most relevant comment
I left CA in 03/2019 after living there for 39 years. I returned in June of 2023 to visit my children and their children. I was shocked. Traffic in Orange County has doubled. Neighborhoods were very crowded and it was impossible to find parking spaces on the streets in neighborhoods. Everybody seems to have several vehicles instead of one or two like before. I also noticed that the demographic has changed. Before, I would see mostly white and Mexican folks on the streets, but now the people on the streets appear to be Hispanic or Middle Eastern. And, they are rude and aggressive. It just didn't feel the same and the laid back vibe was definitely gone. On a positive note the surf was up and the folks on the beach were mostly white folks , some black folks and some brown skin folks. At any rate I couldn't wait to leave, again.
My Great Great Grandfather Alexander Forbes migrated to San Francisco from Scotland in 1849 - by the time he was established as a builder and interior decorator and a family of 11 children - he was one of the biggest landowners in SF - each generation took over until my father left after us kids were born. All my extended family has now left the area.
@@bethere5151 - Alexander Briton Forbes (1820 - 1913)
The image of the Democrat Party was that they were looking out for the little guy. The way populism is headed they will be looking out for the little guys for very different reasons.
The demacrats love the poor. So much that they do everything possible to create as many as they possibly can.
Mr. Hanson, I think you are giving way to much credit to all the Gov employees. Be it FED/State/County/City. Those employees have voted and will continue to vote for their pay, vacation time, 2nd homes, etc etc. Its got nothing to do with morals ands ethics anymore. The evidence of my statement would be the the attack on retail business, of which we only see or hear of approx 1%. Pandoras box has been opened, but regardless all of the Gov workers will vote for theirs. This is undisputable.
If I was a business owner in the private sector, I would refuse to work for or sell anything to a government employee. Government employees should not be able to vote.
@@mafp22w Like Romans handing out goods, food, precious metals to the small tribal peoples. Take it and lay down your swords, or fight and be killed. Loose the village anyway. It really does come down to the same thing.
Welcome to California, the land of the fruits and the nuts, and their victims.
You forgot flakes.
California is King of Corruption.
Thank you Victor. I have appreciated your words.
As a Californian expat, grandparents and parents from san fran, it makes me so sad to see what the democrats did to my state. When I have friends visit and tell me a man defecates on the street next to hotel, I am embarrassed and ashamed.
That does not bother those in power nor the people who vote for them.
So true. I’m SF native and I’m still here. I don’t recognize this SF. My home has significantly decreased in value . Currently researching other states. It saddens me that at 58 I have to uproot and literally look for a safe state to live in.
California is the definitive liberal failure
The same thing will happen in TEXAS, just wait and see, it is already here. And we are FULL OF ILLEGALS.
Exactly the same scenario here - since 1849 - now we're all gone from SF.
The fact that ive barely been made aware of this gentleman and scholar is a tragedy. Better late than never i guess
Rail: This sounds EXACTLY like ST3 in WA State. It costs $54 billion across 25 years (used to be $50 billion) and will make about 100 miles of new light rail when the project is complete, and take 4% of cars off the road. Part of the price is because the Seattle region is very hilly, so the rail goes from scenic flyovers into tiny tunnels, and back out into scenic flyovers. Instead of building this, the same amount of money could build 500 miles of highway per year. The system currently gets 10% of revenue from fares and 50% from car registration taxes, and spends 40% of income on operations. Will fares ever cover operations? We don't know.
VDH is correct about I-5....it's like a freeway out of the 60s'
It was built between 1956-1978 lol
@@bobsingh5521 Needs to be FOUR LANES with shoulders and the speed limit raised to 75-80mph! There is LOTS of room for it!
@@danielboone72
But what about the San Joaquin Kit Fox habitat?
It's amazing the amount of ex-Californians and ex-Arizonians I see here in Florida. That's a long way to move. It's hard to believe the Reagan came from California, my how the state has changed in my lifetime.
Reagan was a rino. He gave amnesty to millions. Traitor!
California freeloaders will move there and turn Florida into a shit hole too.
George Bush Sr won California in the 1988 election, imagine that
It is amazing to me California voters tolerate what their political leaders allow. Such a shame. I use to love San Francisco. Visited there several times. I would never go there in its current state.
I lived in SF for several years from the late ‘70s to mid ‘80s and enjoyed it, but there SF has always attracted a certain whacked out type of person, and many of them do want the right to take a dump wherever they want and they vote accordingly. There is a certain core there who think they’ve finally created the city they really want. The rest of us are repelled, but there are people who look at say “look at all the pretty tents”.
Self righteousness is a powerful force they can not get past. Especially in the Bay Area….mentality is corrosive and cancerous.
And voting fraud only goes so far, so there is an element on voter insanity.
It's still a great city. Just avoid the Tenderloin, which is a small part of the city.
They don't tolerate it they support it.
They demonitized my guy. These are troubling times.
YEA BECAUSE EVERYTHING THIS OLD WEAK MAN SAYS IS JUST PITTY PARTY JA CK OFF CIRCLE LOL MAN UPPP
"The Anglo-sphere is committing mass suicide". quote from ~ Victor Davis Hanson - The Hoover Institution 04/09/2021
I sure hope that this isn't just a pipe dream. We want the California that I grew up in back.
You and everyone else. If you aren't willing to deport millions of people, remove thousands of laws and regulations, end tons of social services, and dismantle the state - it isn't happening.
Never going to happen!
@@emilyjones5830 correct
I hope people in California can see the light sooner than later. Otherwise it will be too late and all they can vote is when they vote... mornings or evenings. Just like the eastern block during the cold war.
Vote for us, we'll give you money! From where, you ask. Don't worry it'll be fine.
STILL BETTER THAN TRUMP PRINTING 5 TRILLION DOLLARS AND GIVING IT TO THE BANKS!!!! WHICH CAUSED INFLATION BUT YOU DIDNT KNOW THAT BECAUSE FOREIGN FOX SPEWS DIDNT TELL YOU THAT LOL
Native Ca here, left after 45 years. I was told in 1983 6th grade by my Teacher that when I get older their will be so many people in the State that thousands of people will leave and he was right. He was also right about the Internet and politicians
I've known many people who have moved from CA these past few years, and many more who are in the brink.. including myself. Still a lot more pain needed to turn the state away from Dem rule, but that day will happen.
the co r r u p t judge who overturned prop 187 in ca even though it passed with 63% of the yes vote in mid 90's well that is a primary reason ca will probably never be red again.
the democrats are embedded and the c o r r u p t c r i m i n a l s will do whatever to keep their grasp on ca. On top of that well the decades long illegal immigrant crisis is worse than ever with biden and like the new york city mayor said bout nyc huh the illegal immigrant crisis willl destroy nyc...
if biden stays in come 2025 the illegal immigrant catastrophy will end up sinking many areas of ca
move out ca if can
my plan is if T r u m p dose not go back in white house come 2025 well i'll expidite thoughts and plans to move out ca as soon as could work it out be movin to another state
for the whole country really but for ca, az, il,ny tx etc especially it is:
T r u m p 2 0 2 4 or bust
Im packin up to go to OK. Really kind of ironic. Grapes of wrath in reverse. Hope we dont have to bury anyone on the roadside.
Good choice. Left Californnia for Oklahoma years ago, never looked back.
If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to leave your feces in the street.
Second chorus: If you're going to San Francisco, be sure to check for feces in the street.
I loved CA when I moved there from the Midwest after college in 77. By the time I retired I couldn't wait to sell up and become another equity emigre. I miss walking the dog by the Pacific and so on but it really is over for the Golden State. Worse yet my generation's kids and grandkids all leave after graduation.
it is the late gret golden state and if biden stays in come 2025 ca's demise to 3rd world status would accelerate
T r u m p 2 0 2 4
"they have done so much so quickly..." Yep, that's the problem, things have gone so far out of wack the past couple years, many places are unrecognizable as America anymore. And if you are an Asian student, and study super hard, do very well in school, you are punished and not allowed into the top universities due to your ethnicity.
The commiecrats use racism to combat racism, so hypocritical.
There is no middle class left
Regarding the 2021 Newsom recall election......Honestly (and with respect), was Larry Elder the best opponent they could muster against Newsom?? It seems as though the conservatives really didn't want change. Perhaps the politics conundrum in California runs far deeper, in both directions, than we are led to believe.
What's wrong with Larry?
Nothing! But at the time they needed a top-brass lady politician: Tulsi, Candace Owens, etc.
@@anonymousAJ
I guess you're correct.....Larry is now selling that "Pain Relief" stuff on TV.@@ross2521
The brilliance of VDH is always enlightening and insightful. I can’t believe his logical assessments of what’s happening cannot swing the CA vote?? Don’t they hear him, don’t they read what he posts, what he says?
They only hear what they want to hear Marilyn. What he is saying is a mirror image of what is happening in Canada.
you guys are correct....but think on this as well, most people that could move, started leaving in 04, the only people left here now (conservatives) are the ones that have property here or are stuck due to disability. soon though, even those people (me, disabled) will exit stage east. you're right that everything is more expensive. i pay wsg bill and the pge bill with my next months money now and its getting worse and worse. on third lanes i have news for ya....they've been working on a third lane between Merced and atwater for 15 years now....still not done. so no soup for you, everything goes to the almighty high speed rail!....that no one wants.
Two of my neighbors retired in another country. It's very interesting to see this happening more these days ...
you can write a Oscar winning Armageddon script . of California..from this perfect analysis from a wise man
JUST GOT BACK.... Lived in San Diego from 1997 to 2004
SHOCKED at the garbage at Ocean beach in San Diego... I had never seen that before.
Thank god I moved to Dallas in 2004.
I flew into LAX one time coming from overseas and as I was going through customs the officer suddenly held up my passport and said out loud to his fellow officers "I've got it!" While waving my passport around. Worried, I asked him what was going on. He said "Oh, nothing, we just had a bet this morning about who was going to be the first to find someone who was actually born here in California."
I asked him how long had they been working on their shift, and he told me "For four hours."
Most interesting.
They aren't worried about anything.
GREAT content
JR
Excellent interview
California was a nice place back in the 50s and 60s. Then everybody came to the party and never left. Used to be a 1/2 hour trip to the beach during rush hour now you can't make it less than 2 hours and return in 2 hours. Left California after 70 years, so sad.
I live in the Antelope Valley section of LA county, my representative is Kevin McCarthy. That said, everyone I know has moved out. Many of my wife's clients have moved except for the elderly. My neighborhood was built in 2000 and every single original owner has moved to other states, except us. We will probably be gone by next year. "So long, and thanks for all the fish."
His analysis is correct. His prognostication is wrong.
There will be no shift in voting trends towards the other direction that makes a difference
The migrants will continue to vote Democrat, as Telemundo tells them to.
Having been a truck driver, and having lived in Cali… trucks aren’t the issue with traffic. It’s almost entirely caused by two factors: tolling the far left lane making it nearly unused, and two: bad drivers that don’t keep right and drive terrible slow and distracted.
Ethnic affinity is a big deal.
I love the sign that says goodbye california!
If you want to know who, why, or how, you ALWAYS follow the money. Look at who is making the most money and fueling the change, and then you find your culprits.
Born and raised in California. I recently left and bought another house in a different state. I miss the weather and growing up on the beach but its not the same place i grew up in. Everything Victor is saying is true. As a black upper middle class person we decided to move back down south where my grandparents who moved to California in the 40s came from. Alot more stability and opportunities here.
Good for you. Hope it works out for you down there.
Where’s the public opinion survey data. Bumped out.
I agree with his analysis but even if there is a change in how people vote because of bad policies, it just doesn’t matter when the democrats control the voting machines.
I still love California. It's so beautiful. But the homeless crisis, the insane cost of real estate and the overall high cost of living thanks to super high taxes have forced me to leave to Nevada. Maybe I'll come back someday. I hope. It's really a beautiful state, but maybe with most of the billionaires leaving (and thus a huge chunk of state revenue), the politicians will get their shit together. I miss Arnold. He was a good governor.
Arnold could have made a difference. But he didn’t. He didn’t have courage.
You are forgetting the Ukranian immigrants in Sacramento. Antelope, a former farming town is niw called Little Russia forcing single families out moving to AZ, OK, etc. The cultural center/community church is a huge property in Rocklin beneath William Jessup University on the 65 corridor.
Antelope 🦌
They're white, so it doesn't fit Victor's narrative.
I keep praying that we go back to prosperous days. It is destructive forces that are coming against us no matter what it’s called. It’s destructive
If I was president, I’d beg Dr. Hanson to work with me before I’d try to fix anything, to first see if and how badly my fixes and ideas have failed in the past.
This man is a modern genius. His ability and incredible insight to the true failures
of California's (and the Nation's) policies bring light to the bleak future we face
unless real conservative change happens. The very real destruction of America's
middle class is imminent on it's existing path.
Thank you!
I’ve lived here 38 years and the biggest mystery to me is why the hell people in CA still vote for democrats. The decline the last ten years has been stunning in its speed and breadth. But each election always yields another dem supermajority. It’s beyond depressing. I’m imploring my wife that we leave in 2 years when she retires.
We can only hope!
I pay more in CA income taxes than Fed. Add in prop tax, gas tax, sales tax it's not even close.
Victor has a podcast called The Victor Davis Hanson Show and it's fantastic! If you liked this, give his podcast a try. You'll love it!
I have seven brothers and sisters we all once lived in CA. Now there's two left, the rest moved out of state. This state has completely screwed us with taxes, regulations, etc...
My wife and I after 18 year left our small business, little by little we made less revenue even though our business kept growing, go figure that out. Then we couldn't find workers. It was too much we got out and now we we want out of this state. The one thing that stops us is we have three kids here and several grandchildren. And we watch them struggle so much and they work hard to make a living, but even with hard work they are slipping down the ladder not up.