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>be California
>shut down almost all fossil fuel and nuclear power plants resulting in massive rolling blackouts
>mandate that everyone drive electric cars at the same time as the massive rolling blackouts
>blame corporations so you don't have to change anything
>Kafkaesque environmental regulations prevent the building of any new water reservoirs, resulting in massive once-in-a-century droughts every five years
>no one can cut down any trees for the same reason, resulting in massive once-in-a-century wildfires every five years
>blame global warming so you don't have to change anything
>choose to build a massive megalopolis between the ocean and a mountain range, resulting in interminable smog
>blame pollution so you don't have to change anything
>legalize homelessness and get overrun with homeless people
>legalize all drugs and get overrun with drug addicts
>legalize all crime and get overrun with criminals
>declare food, housing, education, healthcare, transportation, retirement and childcare "rights" that the government has to pay for
>tax the fuck out of everything to try to pay for it
>taxes make everything expensive as hell and no one can afford to live there
>try to end poverty by raising the minimum wage to $20 an hour
>no one can afford to hire anyone
>everyone becomes unemployed and homeless
>even people who make $20 an hour are homeless because everything is so expensive because of all the taxes and regulations and the fact that everyone makes 20 fucking dollars an hour
>creates an inflationary spiral where the government keeps spending more and more money and everything keeps getting more and more expensive while cities are overrun with criminals, homeless people and drug addicts, there's no electricity, no water, nowhere to live, and everything is on fire
>people get tired of it and leave
>population begins to shrink for the first time in history
>not even illegal immigrants want to move there
>but at least you're not a bigoted anti-choice red state
