If Califorina is a lost cause, then the United States of America is a lost cause. So follows the world and humanity. In a few billion years, the sun will envelope the earth, or we'll be hit by an astroid, or a black hole will swallow us, so whats the point? Trying to make things better is a wasted effort, so sure, lets just scramble to this and that state, obsess on red and blue, close our eyes to all the softkill, take our cancer vaccinnnes, drink our fluroide water, eat our MSG and aspertane, get the smart meters installed, take an RDIF chip under the skin, and willingly go into the FEMA re education camps.
The reason places like Califorina is so dumbed down is because of all the softkill and condisioning. The people are litterally bumping into walls. The problem isn't the state, it's the people, and running away from a place will not garentee you escape it.
Try to see this country as yourself, and cutting ourself off from Califorina like cutting off a leg. There New York that is just as bad, now you cut off your arm. Thats ok, you have one arm and one leg left, thats plenty. But wait, now two more states become just as bad, there goes the rest of your limbs. With no arms and legs left, you can't possiblly fight off full blown tyranny. If the USA loses just 4 states, it will weaken us just as much as losing our arms and legs. No longer from sea to shinning sea, just a third world nation facing threats on all sides.
