California is the perfect example of a failed state, but why? 🔥🚮🔥💉😰

Recently California has been experiencing another major wildfire, which may go down as the worst fire in American history. Once again homes have been destroyed and lives lost. People around the nation keep wondering why California is always destroyed by such events, and finger pointing always occurs. Given the potential that the state has, why is there never an adequate response or preventive maintenance mechanism? California is the perfect example of a failed state, but why?