Very true and supports my point. The pain point of *not* being beholden to AWS or one of it’s few competitors is high.

Switching providers regardless of how you architect isn’t trivial.  It’s a significant pain point even with the best laid plans.

Which is exactly my point. the price of *not* being beholden to AWS is very high; so results in a high ‘pain tolerance’ from the customers.

to be fair “Cheap imported consumer goods” aren’t new either

Even a ‘normal’ situation here in lower tax VA is prop taxes are probably 25% of my mortgage. when you start talking tripling of assessed values, existing ratios are going to get whacky quick.

<looks around at Red states and their like minded blue state brethren>

they don’t have that much money or even borrow that much money.

I’ll grant a technical definition of oligarchy may not be the best definition, but in general, yes, it’s a less than competitive marketplace.

If you just go with a provided solar array like SolarCity, then you don’t have the upfront cost - just pay them for power at pretty reduced rate compared to utility rates generally.

Not giving “What?” the boost, but hoo-boy that’s some projection

Agreed. I like the idea of starting with neutral maps and then adjusting for realities.

Fair points that should make them more responsive. It seems like we aren’t seeing that play out though.

What would you say is the difference between choosing a different restaurant....and reconfiguring your entire production network to use a different web services provider?

1st gear: Long term, new car prices simply can’t continue to rise at historical rates. $30K for a new relatively basic car is ridiculous, let alone the $70K trucks. And that’s before the EV price bump. Middle/rural America just isn’t going to sustain those increases.

Oligarchies tend to not really care.  The cost of switching your services from them is so high and there are so few other choices that they know the pain tolerance of their customers is high

Another important factor....if you have push start button feature, your keys may be in your purse way down in the footwell and unreachable.

Really wish they’d provided more info on side laminated window strategies. Mentioned it, but mostly seems like you’re basically screwed if you need a fast exit.

Sadly that’s true for the vast majority if not *all* the Senators and a good number in the House.

Yeah my point is if he helps the Dem’s do the big things in BBB, the potential upside for Dem’s is more Dem Senators...which isn’t an upside for Manchin.

To be fair, if the Dems were to enact lots of things truly beneficial to lots of Americans, they’d end up with more than 50 Senators...making Manchin completely irrelevant again.