electoralism

In terms of 22, Uber and the other supermutant gig behemoths spent over two hundred million dollars on propaganda (vs. about 25 million on the other side). There were slick youtube ads in front of every single video over the last month+ in Cali with all these "uber driver" actors talking about how 22 will keep them freed up to work when they want. They also cooked their own books when reporting that "75% of drivers support prop 22" - they sent all their employees - ahem - I mean "contractors" - a survey, but it was vaguely/manipulatively-written so as to elicit a "yes" response if you weren't already educated about the proposition.: "Do you want to be able to choose your own hours, or do you want to get raped by Satan?" They then got to turn around and say, "see? It's what the workers want!" when more people chose "choose my own hours."

I fucking hate California with the passion of a thousand burning suns. I was born, raised and still live in what is supposed to be an ultra-progressive, mega-enlightened part of the state, and pretty much ~~95%~~ (95% is a bit high, let's say 3 out of 4) of the people I know are complete airhead resistance-poisoned libs who can't a get a single political idea straight in their jumbly goo brains. They believe in all the fucking capitalist fairytales they were taught when they were children, and outright reject any kind of socialist project. Like an alien who can't see the color green or whatever, you hold it right in front of their face and their eyes glaze over.