Has there been any evidence of this trend. I know people expect this, but are there concrete examples? The reason I question this is I would expect the people that enjoy this bullshit would be happier than pigs in mud in CA - why leave? Conversely, I'd think the people leaving is because they hate this bs, and they'd go to a place that wasn't like this by design. What do you think?

This state really has an unhealthy covid fetish. It starts at the top with Gov. Nuisance and his crayon coloring of lockdown zones. Same is true of /r/santacruz They love to use covid as a way to bolster "localism" and keep public properties off limits from anyone who doesn't live there. They want highway checkpoints for people to "show der papaz!" to allow entrance to the entire county. (And don't realize they are replicating nazi practices in the meanwhile). Even Rep Ro Khana was facebook posting huge lies about an 8 hour wait for ambulances in Santa Clara hospitals and of course 'lines around the block' for ICUs.

Profits>honesty Next, there will be a spin to promote her as a genius female executive for coordinating the project and brilliantly promoting the app. Any mention of her credit thieving plagiarism will be praised and welcomed by today's society molders. Liars have their tribe too. They aren't usually held accountable, they often get promoted. Fraudsters think they are being smarter by putting the energy into deceit because it shortcuts actual knowledge towards expertise. They're too dumb to see this as a short-term gain and self-defeating strategy. In many cultures, this is the norm anyways. Kudos to OP for putting the effort into meaningful preservation of the situation and railing against the scumbag censors as well as the root of the problem. I'm glad you care, OP; it's sad more people don't. Edit: word- there