Conversation with a local fauxgressive reveals a dystopian los angeles.

Some fauxgressives are duplicitous while others truly believe that the elimination of laws and regulations will solve social problems. Either way, though, the damage is done. Their solutions make social problems, like homelessness, worse. https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/21360-pathway-to-a-dystopian-los-angeles-revealed-in-my-conversation-with-a-local-fauxgressive

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