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@tychosoft the only hard problem that US leaders worry about is how to keep the plebs from rising up. @yogthos people find they are excluded as monopolization by the few wealthy eliminates product diversity and capital for new business formation. Overall production declines as more specialists, scientists, technician, skilled labor, is unwanted and excluded, becoming idle. Market monopolization also means greater fragility and dependencies on ever fewer suppliers. Soon shelves empty, tech disappears, and theocracy rises. @tychosoft on a related note, this is a fantastic read https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2021/08/the-value-of-nothing-capital-versus-growth/ |
@yogthos this includes hard problems like development of beaming power from space. Meanwhile the US soon to be trilly class is looking to create luxury hotels in orbit, and is intent to solve "hard problems" too, such as how to recruit and manage elite space hookers...