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The argument is if you're compelled to vote you're compelled to take interest. You have to register to vote anyhow, those who wish to remain apolitical are free to do so.

The 2011 playbook: move to SF, sleep in your office space to spend $0 on rent, subsist on ramen to reduce overhead

The 2021 playbook: move to SF, defer your rent payments to the state to spend $0 on rent, steal all your necessities (up to $949/day) to reduce overhead

Only civilised society rewards the rule-abiding citizen. Californians have got what they voted for.

Not surprising. You have these nepotistic rags espousing hatred for the working class which the upper-middle class eats up.

Of course there's intent, it is just subconscious.

Bias doesn't exist without intent. Even implicit bias implies intent.

It's considered bad taste to criticise other countries for that which your home country is.

Don't let NZ's clean green marketing efforts delude you. Auckland is the most car dependent city in the world outside of the US. Christchurch is the most car dependent small city in the world.

To put that in perspective, there are as many cars on the road in Auckland per day as Berlin, which has 3.5x the population.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_share

Although the two are abound in cultural similarities, most every single aspect of life is better in Australia than NZ.

Voluntary emigration tells that story. 100 Kiwis move across the ditch for every 1 Aussie that returns the favour (per capita).