• huf [he/him]
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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.