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🧵 California has long been a state where the manufacturers lobbyist had us far outgunned -- able to scuttle Right to Repair behind the scenes (I'll drop some of the reporting on it over the years in the replies)
38 to ZERO in last night's vote.
38 to ZERO in last night's vote.
https://twitter.com/CALPIRG/status/1663741411869753345
I am reflecting back on my thoughts 4 years ago about how this campaign would go.
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you... But next, as a last ditch effort, they co-opt you.”
wired.com/story/right-to…
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you... But next, as a last ditch effort, they co-opt you.”
wired.com/story/right-to…
Manufacturers thought they could distract us with half measures, with MOU "pinky swear" agreements ... all while their political machine tried to paint us Right to Repair advocates as ne'er do wells, sketchy weirdos.
It didn't work.
It didn't work.
It didn't even work in California. I had some of the most depressing lobby meetings of my life in Sacramento, where lawmakers and their staff essentially told us the big tech firms know what they are doing, and must be trusted no matter what.
(I highly recommend this experience to anyone who thinks that winning some kind of partisan battle will usher in good government automatically.)
This vote in California signals a new stage in Right to Repair -- and powerful evidence that the progress made in other states, especially the victory in Minnesota has broken through manufacturers defenses. Now they are trying to game out how to comply.
We see so much evidence in the decay of useful political organizing.
Relevant and important issues get ignored. People spend their time overreacting to various marketing campaigns, and then other react to their overreactions.
But. Organizing. Still. Works.
Relevant and important issues get ignored. People spend their time overreacting to various marketing campaigns, and then other react to their overreactions.
But. Organizing. Still. Works.
Anyway, a little pep talk for myself after we crossed a threshold that I always knew would be a tough one to cross.
Wouldn't have been possible without the incredible @SenSusanEggman and our team of @CALPIRG @kevin_oreilly7 @Liz_iFixit @JennEngstrom @SHKushen and more
Wouldn't have been possible without the incredible @SenSusanEggman and our team of @CALPIRG @kevin_oreilly7 @Liz_iFixit @JennEngstrom @SHKushen and more
@kwiens remember this day? theverge.com/2019/5/1/18525…
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