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To me the reason why I don't think it really matters how the people of SF self-label is that they profess a lot of beliefs that they fail to carry out, in spite
by stormbrew 5y ago
To me the reason why I don't think it really matters how the people of SF self-label is that they profess a lot of beliefs that they fail to carry out, in spite of the overwhelming electoral power they possess. People in SF, and California at large, will talk until they're blue in the face about wanting various things to be better (like, as I mentioned in my first post, universal health care: something that is clearly within the power of a state to enact) but when it comes time for anyone to enact those policies it fails time and time again.
In other words, while I think it's important to recognize the significance of self-identification, doing so while ignoring incredibly evident hypocrisy is a kind of solipsism.
- SideburnsOfDoom 5y agoExactly. I'll add that the universal healthcare question is IMHO, underrated in it's power to reveal how close to a "progressive utopia" a place really is. I have considered moving to the USA (which is a viable option for me, for reasons that I wont go into here), and the question "but, which state?" always stops me. I start with the revealing question "what's the guns-to-healthcare ratio there?" In the words of US/Canadian author William Gibson: "People who feel safer with a gun than with guaranteed medical insurance don't yet have a fully adult concept of scary" https://twitter.com/greatdismal/status/385249887891111936 https://twitter.com/greatdismal/status/385249887891111936