Comment by plagiarist 6 hours ago
Right to repair is such a wild departure from their usual. It doesn't fit with grifting personal wealth, diverting tax income to billionaires, privatizing services, executing protestors, or similar activities. Makes me wonder what fucked-up horror is hidden behind this.
The party that is against everything and for nothing needs a "win" to campaign on for their rural voters. Throw JD under the bus at home and hope the weakening dollar makes up for it increased exports.
It allows farmers to roll coal if they say it's needed for a repair. So environmental destruction is the angle here.
TRACTOR PULLS: It's Not What You Think - Smarter Every Day 276 : https://youtu.be/VZ6_8WJ3mh8
How can the alignment of Right to Repair and Republicans not be obvious?
The self-made John Galt who "makes do" without government assistance by repairing all of his things himself, especially his old American muscle car that "they don't make like they used to anymore" is a fantasy that resonates so strongly with the right wing that the FBI might as well just use it to screen for domestic terrorists.
The reasons libertarians have their own party is so they can be blamed for in effect voting for Trump when they did not vote for Trump. It is a form of self-flagellation to ensure no matter which sides when, it is your fault to the other side.
Politically, trying to exempt farm equipment from the clean air act to try to bias the rural vote to a more republican side of the ballot.