When I read this, It reminded me of growing up in the Sierras in California in the 1960s and early '70s. The same thing happened then as you say. There was a large influx of college graduates from the Bay area that were highly liberal. In our area, they seemed to gravitate towards teaching school, running the welfare and school bureaucracies, and the forest service. Naturally, they taught liberalism in high school and the local college. There were frequent clashes with the long-established locals and the county almost went bankrupt from the welfare roles that swelled by many times. The forest service drove the miners and loggers crazy by closing roads, burning cabins, and generally espousing Federal rights over individual rights. We were taught to respect the large Federal bureaucracy that was there to save us and to disrespect the rugged individualism of our parents which was antiquated and hurtful to society. Some were hippies who were very angry and resented any established order. My friends who went on Chico State and Berkeley for college became very close-minded liberals. Personally, I'm tired of the close-minded on both sides who are pawns of the political parties who profit from division by differentiating themselves using extremes and demeaning anyone who doesn't agree.
Fascinating. Where in the Sierras did you grow up? I see many similarities to whats been happening in my community in Nevada County right now. It’s just a different rendition. Instead of teaching in schools and joining “back to the land” communities, they’re working laptop jobs and protesting social justice issues that have nothing to do with my local community
I grew up in Greenville in the heart of Gold country. I fear that education will be driven by AI in the future, which dramatically limits information to the "accepted" summary providing both unintentional and intentional censorship with an unprecedented opportunity for indoctrination and thought training.
When I read this, It reminded me of growing up in the Sierras in California in the 1960s and early '70s. The same thing happened then as you say. There was a large influx of college graduates from the Bay area that were highly liberal. In our area, they seemed to gravitate towards teaching school, running the welfare and school bureaucracies, and the forest service. Naturally, they taught liberalism in high school and the local college. There were frequent clashes with the long-established locals and the county almost went bankrupt from the welfare roles that swelled by many times. The forest service drove the miners and loggers crazy by closing roads, burning cabins, and generally espousing Federal rights over individual rights. We were taught to respect the large Federal bureaucracy that was there to save us and to disrespect the rugged individualism of our parents which was antiquated and hurtful to society. Some were hippies who were very angry and resented any established order. My friends who went on Chico State and Berkeley for college became very close-minded liberals. Personally, I'm tired of the close-minded on both sides who are pawns of the political parties who profit from division by differentiating themselves using extremes and demeaning anyone who doesn't agree.
Fascinating. Where in the Sierras did you grow up? I see many similarities to whats been happening in my community in Nevada County right now. It’s just a different rendition. Instead of teaching in schools and joining “back to the land” communities, they’re working laptop jobs and protesting social justice issues that have nothing to do with my local community
I grew up in Greenville in the heart of Gold country. I fear that education will be driven by AI in the future, which dramatically limits information to the "accepted" summary providing both unintentional and intentional censorship with an unprecedented opportunity for indoctrination and thought training.
Calls of “hey, city-boy! Squeal like a pig!” Can sometimes pressure them into moving out.