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I really wish this was more broad than just farmers. Everyone who owns equipment should have the ability to at least try to repair it. This quote doesn't strike
by nonameiguess 5y ago
I really wish this was more broad than just farmers. Everyone who owns equipment should have the ability to at least try to repair it. This quote doesn't strike me as very encouraging:
> Tester said: “I think when you get into other areas like cellphones and TVs and all that kind of stuff, it brings in all sorts of other issues that I am personally not as familiar with as agriculture. That’s not to say that those other issues aren’t really, really important. What it is to say is that I know this issue reasonably well, and I thought this is an issue that we need to deal with, and the sooner the better.”
Of course you don't understand all possible economic sectors and the issues they face. You're a Senator. You can't be expected to have personal expertise on everything. But it's your job to represent everybody anyway, not just the people working in whatever sector you used to work in before you became a Senator. This is why you have a staff. If you don't understand broader technology, hire people who do.
- Steltek 5y agoThere's so many angles to politics. It sounds reasonable that a Senator with prior expertise and personal enthusiasm will push forward a bill more than one without the background. OTOH, it's all backroom deals and negotiations anyway, isn't it? My fear is that this targeted advance on right-to-repair will mean fading support as specific groups get what they want/need.
- judge2020 5y ago> My fear is that this targeted advance on right-to-repair will mean fading support as specific groups get what they want/need. No revolution in a dictatorship happens if the army is kept happy. This is paying the 'army' (those with the resource for R2R) for their support, leaving the citizens to their own.
- dicknuckle 5y agoWhile this is an important first step, I'm pleased there's at least one senator that doesn't have a stunning case of Dunning Kruger.