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I'm not sure what California practices is liberalism.

• boogies 6y ago
  The author seems to agree: > There is an old finding in political science that Americans are “symbolically conservative” but “operationally liberal.” Americans talk like conservatives but want to be governed like liberals. In California, the same split political personality exists, but in reverse: We’re often symbolically liberal, but operationally conservative. Renaming closed schools is an almost novelistically on-point example, but it is not the most consequential. Edit: I vouched for this post because this is a new take to me. I wish HN would ask for reasons from flaggers.
  • bzb6 6y ago
    > Americans talk like conservatives but want to be governed like liberals. It feels like the opposite.