I had been thinking about different things from California and Michigan, and despite how progressive they are, both seem to have a shadow.

I will start with California. Usually California comes off as progressive they are, their history had a lot of exclusion (racism and classicism) and from time to time the shadow shows itself, mostly in housing policy and other examples I can't think off of the top of my head.

What I think is an even more interesting example is Michigan. It is known for progressivism, but Huntaree, Timothy McVeigh, G Edward Griffin, Steven Crowder, Loompanics, ICP, and some other things make it seems like there is latent extremism there in general. It makes me wonder what is really in the water.

I know someone mentioned this with Germany as well in the past. The more I think about this, the more I wonder if it is part of a larger idea on dialectics, in the sense when the right moment comes, the primary idea of the time is swapped out for something else if that makes sense. In other words, nations and states need shadows to properly compete on ideas. I would like to hear anyone else's thoughts on this. Thanks!