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How is California fascist?
Our governor is currently sanewashing Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon, agreeing with them on several topics such as trans rights. Bannon literally Sieg Heiled about 2 weeks before Newsom had him on his podcast (Assuming that it was recorded and edited shortly before it was released.)
Our voter base is more conserned with cutting crime by being harsh to criminals, instead of funding anything that prevents future crimes.
For example, the most recent election had some props on the ballot, but successful propaganda from Republicans and the rich helped NIMBYs and the rich win. https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/11/california-propositions-election-results/
We also deported homeless people, clearing camps and forcing them into buses. https://apnews.com/article/california-newsom-homeless-los-angeles-san-francisco-5b2b3aca9ca56efb444a717d278c1fd9
We also arrest homeless people, using them as the cheap slave labor we send to fight fires. We voted to strip gay people of their right to marry when we voted Obama into office.
We care more about the "status quo" and the "sanctity of normal" over doing anything helpful for the people living here. The fact that my governor that I personally voted for is now buddying up with Steve fucking Bannon, the man who helped get Trump into office twice makes me sick to my stomach that I ever supported him.
Are we fascist as Trump? Not yet. But we've always hated anyone who isnt a white middle class. We're the state Nixon and Reagan came from. We're the state that argued for the right to prohibit Mexicans in the United States/California should no right to access anything public. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_California_Proposition_187 We're the state that argued that your cell phone shouldn't be covered under the 4th Amendment and the cops don't need a warrant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riley_v._California
California isn't explicitly fascist, but we have the biggest Republican voting bloc in the union, more than Texas. We have a deep passionate hatred for anyone other than the assumed default. I genuinely fear that the next governor will be willing to aid the Trump government as an appeasement/compromise, which will be handing over anyone Trump wants.
We jail people for being homeless. My fine city of Fresno will even fine you $1000. So maybe not concentration camp levels of fascism, but yeah....