If the incumbent conservative party loses the presidency in a few weeks, the lack of meaningful right to repair regulation over the past two decades is most certainly one of the problems that has contributed to our society being so brittle, which will amplify the destructive effects of the populist reactionaries. Really the only way out of the current pickle is to fix the longstanding problems that the reactionaries are using to rally around while also keeping them away from power so they can't pull the self destruct levers.
I don't get the point you're making in regards to my comment? It's great that things are starting to change, and perhaps all the recent attention will have affected the market in a decade. But that doesn't really change where the power dynamic is right now, and its being part of why so many people feel the authoritarian boot on their necks but have been primed to blame it on the de jure government while ignoring all of the other entities exercising coercive power. And with this topic, unfortunately I don't see how it can be fixed any way but government regulation, similar to laws about building codes, unauthorized access, breach of fiduciary duty, etc.
Following the Reagan era, the GOP had a period of wanting to reign in the federal government, but I don't think that's quite true now. Folks like Trump or DeSantis are not pro-small-government, they just want to use it to advance different social policies. In the fight between farmers and Deere, I doubt they'd side with the company.
> Under Project 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would be eliminated, and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) would be privatized
> The Department of Education would be eliminated and oversight of education and federal funding for education will be handed over to the states
> The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would be eliminated and moved to the Department of Interior or the Department of Transportation if combined with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
> The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s many regional labs and entire offices of enforcement and compliance and scientific integrity and risk information would be eliminated.
> The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to “privatize as much as possible” and close many hospitals and clinics.
> The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would be taken apart and send much of its work to states and other agencies
> The Department of Justice (DOJ) would lose its independence and be under control of the President
> The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would be drastically reduced and split into two entities: one gathering scientific data and one making public health recommendations and policies.
> the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would be eliminated
The DHS was created in the wake of 9/11 by GW and has furthered the security/police state. They fail pretty hard at securing the border as wlel.
> the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) would be privatized
The TSA is a jobs program for rude/mean people who also steal/assault passengers. It did not exist pre-2001. Privatizing it makes sense. Its workers form unions that extort the taxpayer.
> The Department of Education would be eliminated and oversight of education and federal funding for education will be handed over to the states
Good. All the DoE does is service loans and hand out free money to the broken higher education system. They don't set curriculum. Every state has its own DoE as well. Every educational metric has declined under the DoE as well. Its essentially a jobs program for bureaucrats.
> The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is to “privatize as much as possible” and close many hospitals and clinics.
As a Vet, the VA is a total mess. I can't see how it could get worse by becoming private. Lets shake things up.
> The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would be taken apart and send much of its work to states and other agencies
HUD is probably the worst landlord in the country. States have public housing agencies already as well.
> > Folks like Trump or DeSantis are not pro-small-government
> Alternative data points
Presenting that list as a counter suggests that "leave it to the states" necessarily means "more freedom for individuals", which is very questionable. Look what just happened to abortion rights.
The ur-example in American history would be literal slavery.
> The Department of Justice (DOJ) would lose its independence and be under control of the President
Hold up, is this "big government" as measured by employee count, or is this "big government" as measured by oppressive power?
A dictatorship can get away with far fewer public-employees than a democracy, yet it's not the kind of "small government" anybody should want.
Vance literally wrote the forward to an upcoming book by Heritage Foundation President Kevin D. Roberts, the organization responsible for Project 2025. It is absolutely relevant.
I associate and even am friends with all kinds of people I don't agree with. Implying that I endorse their views just because I associate with them would be to assign motivations to me that I don't have.
Writing an introduction to someone's book, as a public figure, is lending your reputation to them - that's the point, to put your name and reputation behind them, and so they can show that off for credibility.
Trump’s VP nominee also completely flipped his views in the last few years to join the ranks of conservative grifters feeding off anti-immigrant and anti-“woke” sentiment. I wouldn’t trust anything he says.
The Trump/Vance admin will support whichever side they believe will benefit them financially, which won’t be the farmers.
The second statement does not follow from the first statement. You're suggesting that Trump will surround himself with sycophants based on him choosing as his running mate somebody who has publicly criticized him in the past.
