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Texas and California: The Decline of Arch-Rivals

Texas is unable to protect its citizens from winter storms. California, on the other hand, regularly fails in the fight against forest fires. As future models for the USA, both have had their day.

Freezing Texans wait in line in the rain to refill their gas bottles after a day-long blackout.

David J. Phillip / AP

On February 24th, Republican Greg Abbott played a role that doesn’t really fit a Texan. The governor had to apologize to the state assembly in Austin. The citizens are rightly outraged. At the onset of winter two weeks ago, when millions of Texans had to endure for days without electricity, water and heating, “the system failed”. The Texas system mind you.

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