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Re:Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites... by skybrian on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:04PM (#49580667)
Shortages can't be defined out of existence this way. Markets don't magically train workers or provide security clearances. People have to do that.
Re:Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites... by doublescoop on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:11PM (#49580733)
But markets can make doing those things financially worthwhile.
Re:Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites... by airstrike on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:41PM (#49580965)
At most, markets can show whether they are financially worthwhile.

The market doesn't have agency. It's a projection of people's preferences.

Re:Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites... by cr125rider on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:44PM (#49580995)
One of the bigger problems with capitalism is that it reacts much too slowly to be a viable economic system.
Re:Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites... by tekla on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:53PM (#49581067)
One of the bigger problems of non-capitalist systems is that it requires whips to force people to do things they do not want to do without adequate compensation
Re:Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites... by tim333 on Sunday September 06, 2026 @01:16PM (#49588646)
It seems to run much of the planet and can go pretty quick when there are not bureaucracies slowing it.
Re:Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites... by PunchyHamster on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:30PM (#49580887)
They can hire people they can train. They chose not to, instead (whenever possible) whine for visas so they can steal trained professionals off less developed countries
Re:Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites... by phkahler on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:27PM (#49580864)
>> People have to do that.

Companies can train people too.

Re:Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites... by wrs on Saturday September 05, 2026 @05:12PM (#49580740)
And yet people don't, because it would reduce quarterly profits. So one market (for equities) does kind of magically prevent workers from being trained, by not allowing rational participation in another market (for workers).