Clownifornia Will Save America From Socialism

Socialism sounds great, but fails every time. And yes, some wealthy Nordic countries, even those without massive oil revenues, can make socialism-lite work with highly productive citizens, homogeneous populations and economic policies that favor entrepreneurship. They tax labor heavily and capital lightly. Consumption is heavily taxed. Not exactly the workers paradise. For that to work in the USA, we might let the progressives set the tax rate as a percentage of GDP and then let the Mises Institute write the tax code.

When countries go full socialist, they go down the tubes. Maintaining control relies on increased repression and narrative control. If it wasn't for the capitalists, greedy people, lazy people, foreigners, whatever, then everything would be going great! As the country circles the drain, the socialists don't wake up from their stupor. It's Russiagate all the way down.

Which is why those who favor human intelligence over stupidity and freedom over slavery need examples of real-life socialism. And luckily, Clownifornia will provide America with an iron-clad argument against socialism and the Green agenda.

New Geography: CALIFORNIA’S SELF-CREATED FUTURE ENERGY CRISIS

In much of the country a powerful energy boom is providing a serious stimulus to economic growth. But in California, where fossil fuels are considered about toxic as tobacco, we are lurching toward an anticipated energy shortage that will further exacerbate the state’s already deep geographic and class divisions.

California, in a typical feat of “virtue signaling,” has committed the state to getting half of its electrical power from renewables such as wind and solar, up from 16 percent today, within the next decade. This drive has meant the rapid abandonment of electricity generated by nuclear power as well as natural, gas which together comprised nearly 70 percent of all electricity production in 2015.

...If the mayor insists on transforming Los Angeles into a “green” paradise, expect much higher prices, and greater energy instability. California is already the second most expensive state for energy in the continental U.S. Similar policies have been responsible for high energy prices, and little greenhouse gas reductions, in such diverse places as Germany and Australia.

This is occurring, remarkably enough, as our political leaders commit to forcing more Californians to electrify everything — our heating and cooling systems as well as our cars. To meet the demand generated by electric cars alone, according to one recent estimate, would require 50 percent more electricity than today. This is occurring as we are not adding capacity but stripping it away from reliable nuclear and natural gas sources.

Electric cars powered by domestic nuclear energy would collapse emissions and wipe out energy imports, while creating an entirely new industry building advanced nuclear power stations. Incentives for electric car manufacturers could accelerate the country's move away from imports. The economic benefit and environmental benefit from onshoring all of this activity would be immense. California could lead the nation into a prosperous 21st Century. Instead, it is going full retard.

Ultimately, California’s energy policies reinforce the class and geographic bias that increasingly defines our state. Firms such as Apple boast of their solar-powered offices while using servers in energy-producing states and making products in Chinese factories reliant on coal. Generally new solar facilities, located far away from the coastal enclaves that demand them, gobble up land and kill wildlife; San Bernardino County recently restricted new solar “farms” due to such environmental concerns.

Nor is this policy doing much for the climate. Increasingly almost all new greenhouse gas emission come from countries such as China and India, which seem content to continue boosting fossil fuels. We are not even out-performing other states in reducing greenhouse gases: California ranks 40th in per capita GHG reductions among the states since 2007. Our biggest energy accomplishment may be boosting the self-esteem of the ruling caste of oligarchs, the political apparat and state-funded bureaucrats.

California's emissions are rising because of runaway population growth (relatively speaking), a result of its open borders policies. The state will be a crippled disaster zone with a generation if it follows these energy, population growth and electric car policies. The only way for socialism and the Green agenda to win is to make sure Clownifornia does not stand out as an example. Progressives must consolidate power rapidly and make backwards economic police the national agenda, all while shutting down all dissent on social and alternative media. If they can't, the reality of California will be all that's needed to turn American voters off the idea of socialism.