Last time I was in LA was 1999, and it was overrun by Mexicans. However, the Ronald Reagan federal courthouse downtown, where I spent most of my time, was still mostly staffed by White folks as I recall. Almost certainly no longer the case. Which, surprise surprise, no longer bears that name. I’d be expecting them to rename it for St. George the Breathless any day now. Just to spite us. That’s why they do 2/3 of what they do.

When I think of Santa Monica I think of baizuo, but having never set foot in the place that’s entirely a media driven perception. But I’d guess they are still there, the ones who have money. Which would be the truth of Whites and LA as a whole. It’s sad to think that not very long ago, mid 20th century, Southern California was very arguably the greatest time and place to live in known human history. And I suppose in many ways it still is, if you can afford it. But if you can’t, and you’re White, there’s probably little to no opportunity for you there, and you’d have to go elsewhere to find it.

Now some will tell you that opportunity = entrepeneurship, and that’s true for a small number, but it’s not as if everyone can be a successful entrepeneur, and there’s no world in which that’s possible anyway. Some people (most people) have to be worker bees. Or at least used to, before SSI and SNAP. In the land of the fedloldollars, all the economic “laws” have been rewritten.

Anyhow, it’s a sad state of affairs for a young White man trying to make it there today. In that light, it’s hard to blame him for joining the military, where he can still get benefits, technical training, and preferential federal hiring (to my knowledge, the only way a White man can get that last, I’m sure they’re working on closing that loophole). If he must, I’d advise him to join the Air Force. Same pay, same (often better) tech training, and much, much better treatment and living standards. Also, minimal chance of having to risk life and limb for the empire. The combat arms only pay you in bravado, which even for a good cause (the likes of which the empire abandoned decades ago) doesn’t balance out against the prosthetics.