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Why do Republicans love enshittification so much?
Because they get paid to endorse it.
Not the voters though.
That's the part that's wild.
Many Republicans have cable, and probably even complained in the past about being ripped off with something related to their cable (no one I know loves to complain about losing money more than the Republicans I know).
And yet they vote for people that actively try to prevent that pain from going away.
It's like they are all masochists voting in as extreme sadists as possible so their representatives will hurt them more.
"Ohhh Daddy, tie up the FCC and spank me with more monopolistic cable fees."
For the last 40 years or so, Republican voters have mostly been single-issue voters. They care very passionately about one thing, and will let almost anything else slide as a result. Being in favor of cable fees doesn't matter as long as they're anti-abortion. Being in favor of cutting social welfare programs that those very voters rely upon is fine as long as they're anti-trans.
For the most part, each voter only cares about one or two specific things, and the whole picture doesn't really matter to them.