Silicon Valley basically props up the California state government.https://twitter.com/laoecontax/status/986334020001660929 …
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Is the state's goal to bring in as much revenue as it can? Or is it to create a place where its residents can be safe and happy?
That is a good question!
??? why should the state have the right to even ask itself that question?
Because people and institutions are self-interested and if you ignore that, then you probably have a faulty model of how the world actually operates?
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