I used to think that a decade or so ago, but between things like the Texas districts profiting most from wind being the most against it to basically everything this congress has done, it is become increasingly clear that Trump successfully made ‘owning the libs’ the party’s primary platform.
They are already cheaper long term, near parity short term, and charging corridors have gone from just along freeways to most highways, but most Republicans will still call them useless vanity items because why would you give up the ‘freedom’ of gas.
You are taking about a party where a significant portion have been sold massive impractical pickup trucks that never get off the pavement because of marketing that a big expensive truck is ‘manly’ and ‘free’. In that paradime, where a car is a form of personal expression based on marketing, things like practically or cost are not going to be significant factors in decision making.
After all, if the practicality or cost were driving factors, every Republican would drive a Japanese sedan or van and bike everywhere they could.
Even if every quibble was solved, we’d still see pushback because ‘I just don’t like it’, or ‘rolling coal owns the libs’.
if you applied classic Conservative principles of conserving individual liberty and being self-sufficient
if the practicality or cost were driving factors, every Republican
Would support relaxed zoning laws which enable the building of higher density, more eco-friendly and lower tax burden neighbourhoods. Places which make it easier to get around by walking or cycling. Places that make it feasible to get by without a car, or with only one car instead of two or three.
I used to think that a decade or so ago, but between things like the Texas districts profiting most from wind being the most against it to basically everything this congress has done, it is become increasingly clear that Trump successfully made ‘owning the libs’ the party’s primary platform.
They are already cheaper long term, near parity short term, and charging corridors have gone from just along freeways to most highways, but most Republicans will still call them useless vanity items because why would you give up the ‘freedom’ of gas.
You are taking about a party where a significant portion have been sold massive impractical pickup trucks that never get off the pavement because of marketing that a big expensive truck is ‘manly’ and ‘free’. In that paradime, where a car is a form of personal expression based on marketing, things like practically or cost are not going to be significant factors in decision making.
After all, if the practicality or cost were driving factors, every Republican would drive a Japanese sedan or van and bike everywhere they could.
Even if every quibble was solved, we’d still see pushback because ‘I just don’t like it’, or ‘rolling coal owns the libs’.
To quote a user above:
Would support relaxed zoning laws which enable the building of higher density, more eco-friendly and lower tax burden neighbourhoods. Places which make it easier to get around by walking or cycling. Places that make it feasible to get by without a car, or with only one car instead of two or three.