r/technology • u/HellYeahDamnWrite • Jan 08 '25

Social Media Zuckerberg says he’s moving Meta moderators to Texas because California seems too ‘biased’

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/7/24338305/meta-mark-zuckerberg-moving-meta-moderators-texas-california-bias
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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '25

I think the problem is all these people are maga-brained so badly they imagine california as some hellscape of liberal ideas, which it isn't

CA isn't even that liberal anymore, it's been shifting for years, there are way more liberal areas of the country

but, no cure for maga-brain

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u/fun_boat Jan 08 '25

California is isn't shifting away from being liberal, it's just always had a large amount of land outside of cities that leans conservative. Way more of your tech bros are conservative than they will readily admit, many immigrant families lean conservative, and then you have your typical morons.

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u/howtokillanhour Jan 08 '25

according to right wing media for like the past 3 decades, People have been fleeing California desperate to escape. Based on their projections the entire state should be completely empty any day now. Any day now.

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u/_chococat_ Jan 08 '25

Three decades? I'm 50 and was born here and have heard how California is collapsing and everyone is leaving for my whole life.

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u/howtokillanhour Jan 08 '25

I say that, because earlier then 30 years I remember it being framed differently, I would hear people joke about "California gonna have a big earthquake and break off from the country." I guess it would fall under the umbrella of "Anti-Westcoast" sentiment. It all seems to use cartoon logic anyway.

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u/c_glib Jan 08 '25

Nobody wants to live in California. That's why it's so expensive.

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u/howtokillanhour Jan 08 '25

exactly, the one I love is, "Nobody drives in New York there's too much traffic."

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u/FloydDangerBarber Jan 08 '25

Yogi Berra?

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u/howtokillanhour Jan 08 '25

Yea, Yogi-isms according to Reddit 3 years ago.

Cool, now I know what to call those.

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u/tinteoj Jan 09 '25

I've driven a U-Haul in the snow in NYC (Manhattan to Queens.)

0/10. Do not recommend.

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u/Pharmakeus_Ubik Jan 08 '25

Usually omitted from those stories is how many are retirees seeking tax havens in Nevada and the Dakotas. I know many who've done this, but are still living in California most of the year.

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u/oldfatdrunk Jan 09 '25

I fled California 12 years ago because it's fucking expensive and I couldn't buy a house ever if I stayed and still have money left over. I miss it, it's an amazing province of Canada.

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u/The12th_secret_spice Jan 08 '25

And California conservative is way more liberal than say Alabama conservative.

Almost every one of my CA maga family members who moved to a conservative state regret the decision. While they didn’t admit they were wrong (on brand) you can tell in how they talk and demeanor.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '25

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u/_chococat_ Jan 08 '25

As a native Californian every time I hear people complain about it and say they're leaving, I say to myself, "Good!"

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u/BlooregardQKazoo Jan 08 '25

New Yorker here. Conservatives simultaneously talk about "escaping" to somewhere else and bemoan the state's population loss. Meanwhile Liberals offer to help their Conservative friends pack with no concern that, oh no, we only have 19.5 million people now.

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u/limevince Jan 09 '25

Hmm this sounds more like jobs, not people, are leaving CA

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u/_chococat_ Jan 10 '25

Just like they have been for the last 50 years.

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u/ctrlaltcreate Jan 08 '25

It's true. The only liberal folks I know who move to Texas move specifically for jobs, and those who have typically prefer Austin specifically for its reputation for being liberal.

The others were libertarian gun friends moving to get more and better guns.

None of the self-described conservative folks I've known ended up being MAGA, and are now struggling with their party affiliation these days.

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u/coldkiller Jan 08 '25

Same here, and the common trend i see from them is that almost all of them regret it lol

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u/The12th_secret_spice Jan 08 '25

That’s pretty interesting. I believe it, the maga migrators I know would do something like that (vote Cruz). They’ve probably only been there at max, 1 winter

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u/ggmerle666 Jan 09 '25

I see what you did there. Golf clap

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u/lew_rong Jan 09 '25

California conservatives are the ones that elected Ted Cruz. Native Texans wanted to get rid of the guy in 2018.

I like to remind the "don't California my Texas" crowd of this. Ted Cruz's continued political relevance is a direct result of Californians moving to Texas and outvoting Texans.

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u/politics Jan 08 '25

This comment is fascinating, I always wondered how that worked. I did the reverse, non-maga and moved from conservative to left coast. Obviously, happy as can be. Have had maga pals move out,.. but never heard back from them about the experience.

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u/The12th_secret_spice Jan 08 '25

In my experience, if they aren’t gloating about it, they regret it.

CA has its faults, but it’s easy for conservatives to rile against the state while benefiting from its programs (like boomers and its expanded Medicare coverage)

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '25

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u/The12th_secret_spice Jan 08 '25

It can be both. If you’re a CA boomer relying on Medicare and move to a conservative state who hasn’t expanded coverage, and now you pay more out of pocket. I would call that politics.

If your trans, gay, or interracially coupled child has reservations about visiting you because they feel less safe. I would also call that politics.

Basically my point is conservatives in a liberal state are always grass is greener-ing. The ones who do move realize first hand what “limited government” really means.

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u/onedoor Jan 09 '25

And California conservative is way more liberal than say Alabama conservative.

This is a nice thought, but largely false. Source, I know a shit ton of them and the terrible shit they've said rivals or surpasses what I've heard out of state Republicans say.

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u/The12th_secret_spice Jan 09 '25

I’m glad you have a different experience with them than I do, doesn’t invalidate my experiences

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u/xxveganeaterxx Jan 08 '25

A coalition of the entitled, the religious, and the "salt of the earth" morons.

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u/nope_nic_tesla Jan 08 '25

My experience in California is that even the rural areas tend to be more liberal and open-minded than other parts of the country.

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u/AmaroLurker Jan 09 '25

But you don’t see the issue with comparing that to a bright blue Austin? It’s the same in literally every state. When you realize this you’ll reach true political enlightenment about this country and how the regional fighting bs needs to stop.

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u/Echleon Jan 09 '25

A lot of the ideological underpinnings from Trump’s admin are straight from Silicon Valley. Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, JD Vance, Curtis Yarvin, etc. Turns out when you give a bunch of young dudes an ungodly amount of money they develop very right wing ideologies.

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u/Patient_Signal_1172 Jan 08 '25

Way more of your tech bros are conservative than they will readily admit

When your livelihood is constantly at risk of being outsourced to other countries or cheaper immigrants, you'd be worried, too.

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u/hx87 Jan 08 '25

That would shift them right on maybe one issue (immigration), not even the other relevant one since the right isn't exactly of one mind on outsourcing.

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u/Patient_Signal_1172 Jan 09 '25

Well if your family's way of life is threatened, that's kinda a big deal to most people. This is why Harris lost: you people think the average American cares just as much about abortion and trans rights as they do about putting food on the table.

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u/hx87 Jan 09 '25

Who tf is "you people"? How do you know what my opinions are?

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u/fun_boat Jan 08 '25

lol then they should be liberal

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u/Patient_Signal_1172 Jan 08 '25

"You know this thing we're afraid of because it could decimate our livelihoods and our way of life?"

"Yeah, you should be liberal. Sure we're the ones facilitating immigrants taking your jobs or outsourcing them, but you should still vote for us, because otherwise you're a bigot!"

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u/fun_boat Jan 09 '25

the conservatives are the ones moving your jobs over the border, so maybe just read a book someday

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u/duncandun Jan 08 '25

^

more people in california voted for trump than any other state lol, despite having only 23% of it's population registered R.

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u/CoffeeFox Jan 08 '25 edited Jan 08 '25

Right. California is huge and has large stretches of more rural towns where people definitely lean right. The state is a lot more than just San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Hell, even Sacramento itself is mostly surrounded by farmland. We're a major agricultural state and that means a lot of people who don't live in big cities and don't vote for people who are focusing their campaigns on urban voters.

Remember, this is the state that elected Reagan governor and then voted him into the presidency.

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u/mmlovin Jan 09 '25

OC hasn’t turned for Trump ever though, so the Reagan’s county overall does have some standards lol

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u/tikierapokemon Jan 08 '25

I am living in a city that leans right.

I will still take it over the town I grew up in any day of the week.

There is right, and then there is right with all the filters off, and I prefer the filters on because even when I am not the target, I get tired to telling people their isms are showing.

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u/lord-dinglebury Jan 08 '25

My Texan mother-in-law literally bashes California every chance she gets.

Guess how many times she’s actually been to California or actually interacted with a person from California?

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '25

My TX relatives are exactly the same, and my other friends from TX have family that's also the same

The conservative bubble will destroy the country no doubt

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u/hva_vet Jan 08 '25

I'm convinced people like your MIL think all of California is like Venice Beach.

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u/lord-dinglebury Jan 08 '25

I'll do you one better - I think she perceives it as a Hieronymus Bosch depiction of hell.

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u/DisgracedSaltShaker Jan 08 '25

There are literally more republicans registered in CA than in TX

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u/MUCHO2000 Jan 08 '25

Isn't that liberal anymore? It wasn't too long ago (November 2008) that California citizens voted for prop 8 which banned gay marriage. Like most places the big cities are liberal and the rest are conservative.

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u/Liminal_Embrace_7357 Jan 08 '25

This. I was never more disappointed in the area I grew up in. I sadly found out which neighbors and family members hated gay people. I barely talked to my dad for the next ten years.

I was blissfully a little naive about our politics before then. Driving to work between people yelling on both sides of the street, is a moment that will stick with me forever.

I don’t know if California is liberal anymore or it’s just a place liberals are allowed to exist without the constant threat of violence. It seems there are enough here that given the platform, would happily enact it though.

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u/skipjac Jan 08 '25

Yeah my county went for Trump by 1%. California is a lot more red than the rest of the country wants to believe. It's just so much easier to hate California

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u/ctrlaltcreate Jan 08 '25

Haha what? No. Major, densely populated areas like Orange County that used to be staunchly republican for decades are shifting blue.

The desert and rural areas like the central valley have always leaned red, and probably always will due to a variety of economic and cultural factors. They are comparatively-speaking sparsely populated.

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u/icecubepal Jan 08 '25

People forget or don’t realize that California has the most registered republicans in the country. More than several states combined.

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u/Clayp2233 Jan 08 '25

Kamala won California by 20 points down around 15 points from what Biden and Hillary won it, but still one of the most liberal states in the country

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u/Socky_McPuppet Jan 08 '25

no cure for maga-brain

Well, that's not strictly true.