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Re:US Government is taking serious step toward space-based n... by ben_w on Saturday August 12, 2023 @07:42PM (#37105215)
The people making these aren't any good at building houses.

The lack of housing is, IMO, a failure of government — material costs for homes are surprisingly low compared to everything else — but even then, housing policy is a different department to the space stuff.

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Re:US Government is taking serious step toward space-based n... by FirmwareBurner on Saturday August 12, 2023 @08:00PM (#37105290)
>The lack of housing is, IMO, a failure of government

Lack of housing is a "feature", not a bug, as it enriches the housing owning class and makes it more difficult for "undesirable" people to move in with NIMBYs.

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Re:US Government is taking serious step toward space-based n... by ben_w on Sunday August 13, 2023 @05:09AM (#37108078)
That's still a failure. Bad Nash equilibriums are still bad.
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Re:US Government is taking serious step toward space-based n... by FirmwareBurner on Sunday August 13, 2023 @07:17AM (#37108830)
Not for the wealthy. It will only be a failure when the poor start eating the rich, but we're far away from that.
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