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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.
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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.

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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.
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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
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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.
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