California’s Collapse Is a Warning to Every American State

California Was Once the Model of American Prosperity For decades, California represented the very best of the American dream. The state combined natural beauty, industrial power, agricultural dominance, technological innovation, and entrepreneurial freedom into one economic juggernaut. Silicon Valley changed the world. California ports became gateways for global commerce. Aerospace, manufacturing, entertainment, farming, and energy production generated immense wealth. People did not flee to California because government planners built prosperity. They moved there because economic freedom, private investment, and opportunity created prosperity naturally. That distinction matters. Because what is happening now is not the result of capitalism failing. It is the result of government systems slowly suffocating the productive engine that made California successful in the first place. California’s Decline…