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> I'm not sure this fully tracks. A type of public transit failed in California that succeeded elsewhere. If that is the reference, why can't I point to the te

> I'm not sure this fully tracks. A type of public transit failed in California that succeeded elsewhere. If that is the reference, why can't I point to the tech industry and use it as positive evidence? You asked for an example of another government doing better. I gave you a recent one by California's government. Japan is perhaps the best one, but many other countries do trains a lot better than California despite all the hype and money they put in it's mediocre result. It was a very open question that your follow up questions are trying to pivot to something else. > And, most of the bad things you are bringing up are happening all throughout the US. Please read my post again. Being below average in K-12 among the states, despite the high taxes and land values, is not happening all throughout the US. > Just feels too convenient to say that the tech industry is in spite of the government, but the failures are because of it. Please read what I wrote carefully above, I did not agree with that fully. My argument was more of the recent CA govt has not been addressing it's problems and the tech industry's success was due to good decisions in the past (and the weather). The recent CA govt actions has been poor. Calling the recent tech boom in spite of government policies is something I can somewhat agree with.

taeric 4y ago
Ah, apologies. This will be a goal post shift, from the question I asked. What I meant was specifically one that does better at the things California is good at. Think of it as me asking if a tennis player is training well. You want to compare to other tennis players, not cyclists. You may be able to get some cross learning, of course. But I'm specifically questioning if California's successes are in spite of government. Not if their failures are because of it. These are two questions and it is not clear to me that they would have the same answer.

taeric 4y ago

Ah, apologies. This will be a goal post shift, from the question I asked. What I meant was specifically one that does better at the things California is good at. Think of it as me asking if a tennis player is training well. You want to compare to other tennis players, not cyclists. You may be able to get some cross learning, of course. But I'm specifically questioning if California's successes are in spite of government. Not if their failures are because of it. These are two questions and it is not clear to me that they would have the same answer.