What do I tell my (republican) parents when they constantly bring up expensive gas prices and put the burden on California because of gas taxes and "stupid" regulatory fees?

“You voted for this.”

Ok, maybe not if you’re a minor and living in their house…

if you want people to change their minds on something, don’t tell them anything. ask them.

• what could the current administration do to help reduce the cost of gas?
• what is Trump doing to reduce the cost of living?
• do you think the war in Iran had any impact on the cost of gas?

You always go crazier.

Bring up the ancient aliens that have infiltrated the highest levels of the Russian and Israeli governments and are using bisexual mind control to force Trump to cuckold himself to Newsom, causing the theta waves to destabilize the oil reserves, leading to the shortages that will allow Mongolia to rise as a global power.

That, or do the smart thing and shrug and walk away.

“Is it nice, living in a reality of your own design?”

If you live with them or rely on them, you should consider saying nothing. Avoid disagreements with them. Conservatives do not develop deep emotional bonds with their children the way normal people do. You risk them abandoning you before you are able to survive on your own.

If you do not live with them or rely on them financially, it is best to not communicate with them at all. Nothing good can come from a relationship with a conservative.

In fact, nothing good in human history has ever come from conservatism.

The answer is obviously ‘it depends’.

Do you want to be an asshole to your parents? Do you want to keep things civil?

The most responsible and mature answer is probably, just ignore them and actively be out of their communication reach. This means physically (don’t be in the same room/house as them) and digitally (turn off notifications from them).

Ask them if prices have risen since last year. Then ask them that you are interested in how California fucked this up recently, and if they could tell you which new Californian law has been enacted in recent months, that made gas so much more expensive.

Ignore all propaganda videos they might send you, and keep asking for that law that must have changed.

Tell them they sound like Libertarians, who don’t want to pay for road repairs because “the roads are already built.”

Red hats suffer from a collective delusional state. Talking to them is pointless.

Just make something up that you find funny. There is no point engaging in reality.

Say Newsom actually passed legislation that lowered prices act but trump over turned it because hes brought and paid for by the oil and gas lobby.

Whatever they reply just make up something that directly counters it. Let them see how it feels to try and debunk bullshit 24/7

AAA has gas prices country wide

https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/

basically everywhere on the western side of the country is getting rocked. Idaho is deep red and is pushing 5 bucks a gallon.

Add to that that more then 10% of the country lives in California so demand is naturally going to be higher which in turn causes prices to go up. So yeah, part might be high fuel taxes, but its certainly not the only part, unless they’re gonna say Alaskas high prices are also just because of fuel taxes, in which case they’re just dumb.

“buy an ev you stupid fuckers”,

Don’t bother engaging. They will not change their mind, you will not change yours. All roads lead to friction.

Did they bitch about gas prices under biden and solely blame him? If so, ask what’s different now. See if they can point to state level changes that affected gas prices.

This is assuming they would at least attempt a good faith argument. If not, I’d just laugh and imply they have the mentality of a child thinking they figured out the world and are dead wrong. Like listen to their inane rants and just kinda chuckle as if it’s impressive they built such a convoluted plot in their head.

“Have the day you voted for.”