Politics of narcissism = liberalism

They called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun
Sinking in the sea

An analysis on the fall of that "progressive" Utopia, California.

To many longtime California observers, the inability of the political, business and academic elites to adequately anticipate and address the state's persistent problems has been a source of consternation and wonderment. In my view, the key to understanding California's precipitous decline transcends terms like liberal or conservative, Democratic and Republican. The real culprit lies in the politics of narcissism.

California, like any gorgeously endowed person, has a natural inclination toward self-absorption. It has always been a place of unsurpassed splendor; it has inspired and attracted writers, artists, dreamers, savants and philosophers. That's especially true of the Bay Area—ground zero for California narcissism and arguably the most attractive urban expanse on the continent; Neil Morgan in 1960 described San Francisco as "the narcissus of the West," a place whose fundamental asset was first its own beauty, followed by its own culture of self-regard.

I think most sane people would identify "politics of narcissism" as liberalism.

See liberals know everything. They know so much they need to tell you everything you need to do with your life, your money, your kids etc. and of course it's all surrounded in some slight they received in life that they've never worked out with their therapist(s).

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