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- what kind of war are the authors expecting, where war against Russia/China destroys sattelites, but still leaves millions of graduates alive?
population would be the first thing dropping off in the nuclear exchange
by NooneAtAll3 - We "lack workers to rebuild" many things that could be lost in a war with peer thermonuclear-armed powers. The only winning move is not to play
- I don't know if this relates to the news that China has developed a 20GW microwave weapon to knock out starlink satellites and similar? https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3342443/chin...by tim333
- Somehow I doubt that after a war with China, satellites would be high on the priority list of things that need rebuilding.
You'd probably start with rebuilding more basic manufacturing and refinery industry destroyed during the war.
by chmod775 - All the stated problems are just problems in peacetime; Pay and bureaucratic red tape.by paleotrope
- You could say the same thing about any military hardware during a peace-time economy. It’s not a matter if it exists, it’s a matter if the relevant knowledge exists in domestic/friendly industrial base. The U.S. is making more satellites than the rest of the world combined right now.by eagerpace
- To paraphrase patio11, a disagreement between you and the market is not a shortage.
I'm surprised that anyone still believes the perennial "labor shortage" complaints. It has always been about employers refusing to improve wages and working conditions.
by noahbp