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Alternative spin, same facts: "voters undo unpopular overreach by state government".
by NovemberWhiskey 6y ago
Alternative spin, same facts: "voters undo unpopular overreach by state government".
- yohannparis 6y agoThat's the point of a government. Every law is an overreach by the government.
- moduspol 6y agoFor real. My exposure to California news is basically just what I see on HN and anything that hits national headlines. I had no idea Californians would vote for something like this. Kind of makes you wonder how large the disconnect is between what we see in the media and what people actually think.
- NovemberWhiskey 6y agoRight. Another great example, which confounds the liberal-conservative aspect some people will see in Prop 22, is soft drug legalization. How many states have legalized personal marijuana usage due to action initiated in their legislatures? How many have done so due to ballot initiatives?
- MattGaiser 6y agoI suspect it is a pocketbook issue. Californians don’t want to pay more for transport and food delivery. Political ideals often give way to cheaper goods.
- moduspol 6y agoMaybe. Maybe Californians just aren't actually buying the "oppressed rideshare driver" narrative as much as we've been led to believe.
- hodgesrm 6y ago58% of them voted for this proposition, based on results a few days after the election.
- umeshunni 6y agoIronically, the next article at the bottom of the page is "America has chosen Joe Biden to be the 46th president of the United States. The American people have disavowed four years of a thuggish presidency." Perhaps this article should start with "California has chose the gig economy. The Californian people have disavowed the fascist overreach of AB-5"