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I think this is conspiratorial. Texas is not worried about Californian Liberals moving the needle, the political needle is moved by migrants from the South, wh
by jollybean 5y ago
I think this is conspiratorial.
Texas is not worried about Californian Liberals moving the needle, the political needle is moved by migrants from the South, who will not be encumbered by these kinds of laws.
It's hard to fathom the motivation for this kind of law politically, but I think we shouldn't doubt that it's made in 'good faith' by a lot of the people pushing it.
Salesforce/Benioff thing is mostly an issue of PR and branding though it might actually be beneficial for a very small number of people. This is the guy who has 'Religious People' (Monks) living in his home and virtue signals about it. A bunch of the Pied Piper gags are about him. That said, I think it's also probably in mostly good faith as well, I'm sure he's personally upset by the law.
Edit: I should say that it's not beyond reason that politicians might be thinking this even if it's really irrational, they do all sorts of wacky things. By and large I think Texas likes the ingress and the people ingressing there I think have some idea of what Texas is.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y ago"Most movers to Texas are from California and Florida": https://apnews.com/article/texas-business-census-2020-science-0d436b250dc07111bff4b4f6cdd6682b https://apnews.com/article/texas-business-census-2020-scienc...
- thoughtstheseus 5y agoTexas is almost purple. Powerhouse Austin is a democrat hub.
- HelixEndeavor 5y agoAustin is a "powerhouse"?
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoYes, it is. Austin is responsible for a disproportionate amount of the state's economy, and certainly well over-represented in areas like tech and VC funding [1]. I'd argue that for tech-specific entrepreneurship Austin is basically right after Bay Area and Seattle (Boston and NY are also obviously up there but a lot of their funding/new company formation is around the huge builtin base in those cities in finance and biotech). [1] https://news.crunchbase.com/news/austin-reaches-top-10-in-us-venture-markets-with-record-funding-in-2019/ https://news.crunchbase.com/news/austin-reaches-top-10-in-us...
- gremloni 5y agoJust the numbers in the last election show it’s not a conspiracy.
- bin_bash 5y agoHow would that disprove a conspiracy is going on exactly? I don't personally believe this is anything more than republicans being republicans but what do the numbers have to disprove it?
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- jollybean 5y agoThe Texas restrictions on voting, I do believe are an attempt to increase vote share for that party, I don't think that's conspiratorial because the effects are direct. But the numbers in the last election show a shift in voter sentiment, that's all. That Texas politicians would enact an 'abortion law' specifically to 'want fewer newcomers from California' isn't something demonstrated in that data. I don't hold politicians in high regard, but generally they are good at populism, this approach wouldn't make any sense either pragmatically or politically.