My wife and I saw the writing on the wall in the pacific northwest and left. We got out of Oregon before they got totally stupid. But, we were in a position where we could leave. No jobs to worry about, no close family in the area.
Seems like a case of
out of the frying pan and into the fire.
The Pacific NW still has a majority population that is fundamentally capable of maintaining some form of enlightened Western civilization -- if only the right images would flash on the TV screen to snap them out of their mind-controlled stupor. While there are a
tiny percentage of rabid leftists and true believers up there (antifa types), they're not really capable of much real violence.
Most west coast lefties are just in it for the social media likes, virtue-signaling, misguided compassion for
who they are told are the downtrodden, and to fit in with crowd. It's pathological altruism, but it's largely superficial. They're just brainwashed dupes who either do have a big heart, or like to pretend to.
Not so in the Southwest including Texas. Heretofore tempered by a strong economy, sufficient welfare, and a general political apathy among this cohort, but waiting just below the surface, is the
capability for a kind of political extremism and ultra-violence unfamiliar to Americans. These semi-literates could
easily be convinced to support a commie dictator, and sell away their rights and their futures, if only it meant some free stuff for awhile. They could
easily be convinced to go on a bloody offensive if they were to endure any sort of privation.
While Santa Anna was captive in Texas,
Joel Roberts Poinsett – U.S. minister to Mexico in 1824 – offered a harsh assessment of General Santa Anna's situation:
Say to General Santa Anna that when I remember how ardent an advocate he was of liberty ten years ago, I have no sympathy for him now, that he has gotten what he deserves.
Santa Anna replied:
Say to Mr. Poinsett that it is very true that I threw up my cap for liberty with great ardor, and perfect sincerity, but very soon found the folly of it. A hundred years to come my people will not be fit for liberty. They do not know what it is, unenlightened as they are, and under the influence of a Catholic clergy, a despotism is a proper government for them, but there is no reason why it should not be a wise and virtuous one.
Nothing has changed in that regard.