Like the United States in Ayn Rand’s book Atlas Shrugged, the productive in California are increasingly either giving up or leaving. There is no Galt’s Gulch to escape to but Texas is good enough for many.

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Stephen Berry is a former Act candidate and Auckland Mayoral candidate. The libertarian political commentator retired as a politician in July 2020 and now hosts the Mr Berry Mr Berry Show on Youtube.