Introduction
Hi, my name is Jon and this is a blog about California independence. Advocating for the independence of a new nation isn’t exactly the most common political position to take, so before we get too deep into things here, I should probably give you a little background on myself. I grew up in a middle-class household in a dying rust belt city whose national relevance hinges on chicken wings and a hapless football team. I was raised by a nurse and a physics professor. I wish I had some great anecdote about how they managed to instill the importance of being politically aware in me but the truth is, I don’t think they really cared much about politics. They grew up in a time where half the guys in your high school class were drafted into Vietnam and only half of those lived. As long as the government wasn’t drafting people to their deaths, things were functioning well enough as far as they were concerned. I don’t know if I qualify as a millennial in my mid-30’s b...