And yet in comparison to many red states, especially here in the deep south, California is doing far better then them by seversal miles, in fact I’d say that many deep south states are more deserving of being called a “failed state” then California, California which would be 10th or 13th (not sure which) largest economy in the world if it was its’ own nation.
Additionally, there’s a reason why the tech community is still there even after their tech-bro idiots bitching about it endlessly, compared to many other red states, California has the people they need to grow their companies, IE it has the tech experts living in it while many red states frequently don’t have that.