A lot of Californians are deluded because they live in a huge state with a lot of capital investment and therefore rich people (worlds 8th largest economy dude!!!). They ignore the fact that California exists only because of federal investment - directly in Southern California (aerospace, Navy in SD) and indirectly via all the DoD communications and tech research that made Silicon Valley possible (plus the obvious US influence on Hollywood and the financial industry in SF).
It's similar to the delusions of Texas Big Boy Cowboys who don't realize they're only relevant because they're part of the American Empire.
A lot of Californians are deluded because they live in a huge state with a lot of capital investment and therefore rich people (worlds 8th largest economy dude!!!). They ignore the fact that California exists only because of federal investment - directly in Southern California (aerospace, Navy in SD) and indirectly via all the DoD communications and tech research that made Silicon Valley possible (plus the obvious US influence on Hollywood and the financial industry in SF).
It's similar to the delusions of Texas Big Boy Cowboys who don't realize they're only relevant because they're part of the American Empire.
Would be amazing if all these regional delusions of self-importance brought the empire down.
Isn't that most of the country though