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Texas is setting itself up to be a huge regulatory counterweight to California. 1. We had the finance ruling related to fossil fuels. 2. We had the abortion r
by fny 4y ago
Texas is setting itself up to be a huge regulatory counterweight to California.
1. We had the finance ruling related to fossil fuels.
2. We had the abortion ruling.
3. We now have this.
This is going to be a huge shift politically. California, given the size of its economy, has often been a defacto regulatory power across the US. Given California's energy issues and high debt levels, their influence may wane even further.
What I find even more fascinating is that Texas has a heavy libertarian bent coupled with cultural conservatism while California is the opposite. Neither, in my opinion, are bastions for freedom proper.
May you live in interesting times they say...
- slumpt_ 4y agoRegulatory counterweight I think may attribute outsized influence to the regressive state. I can't imagine the abortion ruling is going to have any impact on how California ever conducts itself, e.g. Even in the event of a federal ban California would likely protest and protect women's autonomy.
- Spivak 4y agoI find this particularly relevant because in a recent public debate in my state the pro-life proponent actually argued that an abortion ban wasn’t taking any rights away from women since they could just go to California. It was a irl selfawarewolves.
- slumpt_ 4y agoAh yeah, interesting point. The old “everyone can move freely because it’s evidently trivially cheap to do so” imaginary tale they like to weave. Hadn’t considered how that’d change the discourse for abortion but I can see it now.