• ∞🏳️‍⚧️Edie [it/its]@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 months ago

    we know how to make them

    That’s the neat part: [I’m slowly getting convinced—they certainly are acting as if they can’t—that] because of all the de-industrialization they don’t.

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      7 months ago

      eh, there are probably still a bunch of retired workers who could be tempted back for a nice salary. they could teach the newbies how to make this stuff.

      and you could get so many actually motivated smart workers if you dropped a plant and offered good salaries for manufacturing work. a lot of these production line improvements tend to come from motivated line workers trying to crank more out.

      i dont think the problems are really about know-how. yeah, it’s a bottleneck, so you cant just ramp up production in 6 months, but again, they’ve had at least 2 years. more if you realize that they’ve been anticipating this war for like a decade.

      the main problem is that this political/economic system simply no longer has a button for you know, reality-based intervention by the state. so they’re left with pushing the two remaining buttons they have. unfortunately, you cant outsource or austerity your way out of this problem.