A secondary reason to demand the right to repair is to reduce gratuitous waste.

I call this reason "secondary" because stopping people from fixing and modifying products is simply oppressive.

Sanders advocates public funding for federal elections, as well as limits on campaign donations and on the revolving door.

Zero-tolerance at work: a student called a school security guard, who is black, "nigger". The guard said, quite properly, "Don't call me nigger." The guard was fired for this.

The guard did not use that word. Rather, he mentioned it, to oppose its use. I can't believe that the school officials fail to understand the difference — of course they understand it, just as you do. So why the absurd decision? I suspect they have bought into the idea of rigidity as virtue, which is the root of zero tolerance.

All rules, including valid rules, are liable to become harmful and unjust when applied rigidly.

The FBI uses outside informants as investigators so it can bypass its own rules that require probable cause.

When a couple get a mortgage together, then split up, the one who moved out can destroy the other — by refusing to pay per own half of the mortgage.