1 - agree with you 100%. Right to repair, match stock buy backs dollar to dollar with on-shore R&D + CAPEX spend, actually enforce anti trust, etc. etc. The only way to get the C-suite to focus on customers more than bankers is to force them.

2- the DOD's finally been able to put a spotlight on the fragility of the supply chain due to mergers, monopoly, lax regulations on foreign ownership, etc. [1]. So even if they did get seed funding from DOD or DARPA, it wouldn't necessarily stop this from happening. But it looks like that regime is (thankfully) ending.

[1] https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/nancy-pelosi-china-and-th...