In fact, I'd argue there's a systemic pressure to produce expensive weapons in artisanal batches. The only thing companies care about is maximizing profits. Producing cheap and reliable weapons in large volumes means low margins, needing warehouses to store them, hiring lots of workers for assembly lines, building factories, etc. It's much better to build stuff like F35s that take a long time to design, then you produce a handful of them, and charge a huge maintenance contract for decades to come.

I think the key part is that it's completely unsustainable. Their inventory was already low because Ukraine was eating them up faster than they could replenish for 4 years now. And all of a sudden the US starts a direct high intensity conflict with Iran. Having to pull THAADs from occupied Korea seems like the clearest indication that there are genuine shortages. And that's just after a couple of weeks of this.

Look it was supposed to be a 20 minute, in and out adventure, nobody could've predicted that Iran would actually fight back. Nobody!

I still remember how westoids were frothing at the mouth how China was gonna have a 2008 moment when they started winding down the whole real estate market. These people just couldn't imagine the government simply taking over the housing projects and distributing them to people while investors ate the costs if their failed ventures.

cope harder clown

a certified FAFO moment for the Burger Reich

I'm guessing it's not a physical shortage, but the fact that the companies are going to raise prices because they can.

That's what I've noticed as well. I very much agree that it's the difference in the underlying material conditions that shape the public consciousness and the expression in the media. Since there are no solutions to the problems within the system, and we're not allowed to question the system itself, the only available conclusion is that things can only keep getting worse from here on out.

oh yeah the wheel is still turning, but the hamster is dead

think that was his brother

lol yeah Iran's gonna do more for UK workers than the pathetic regime in UK has ever done 🤣