Would you say this is a result of the free market, or collusion between corporations and government?
Collusion
The entities with the biggest legal teams and the most flexible ethics will attain and retain the most power.
It can.
It has.
But it is more often a matter of collusion between corporate and government.
No perfect system exists. Only better and/or worse ones.
A CRISIS IN MANUFACTURING
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I have been listening to some of nostr:npub15879mltlln6k8jy32k6xvagmtqx3zhsndchcey8gjyectwldk88sq5kv0n podcasts this past week. He brought up some points about the decay of our infrastructure, housing, and other items and the upcoming crisis we will endure fixing it. This is something that I have noticed in my career.
I am a mechanical engineer in the military aviation world dealing with manufacturing, repair and overhaul (MRO) of aircraft. In this area there has been a dramatic decline in the capabilities of the companies and government along with skilled workers that are involved in MRO. This decline takes many different forms, two of which are manufacturing ability and the lack of skilled workers.
Manufacturing ability is affected in one area by the lack of metal foundries to cast parts, especially when older aircraft need just one or two of a certain part. Foundries in the United States either will not take on the work due to low amount of parts needed or there is an overall lack of foundries because they are leaving to go overseas due to cheaper labor. The result is a supply chain constraint that may last 2-3 years for a certain part. This causes spare part supplies to be reduced to critical levels or the reuse of used parts that are beyond usable life. Both damage the readiness and safety of vital aircraft.
There is also a lack of a knowledgable and skilled workforce. This results in fully equipped machine or mechanic shops not being able to provide even basic parts or repairs and as a consequence they sit idle. I have seen this firsthand.
This is a problem that will not get better and is not exclusive to aviation, it is industry wide. We as a whole have devalued the making of things and teaching the vital skills to do such and consequently put too much value into pursuits that do not build our society or make it better. I am not sure how this gets any better and it will only get worse.
#grownostr #plebchain #nostr
It will get worse for quite awhile before it can possibly get better.
I'm a 20 plus year tradesman that has also seen firsthand how bad the brain drain across industries has been.
These careers are not comfortable and can't be done from home. They take hard work and time, to even hope, to master.
Unfortunately, as is politics, this is all downstream from culture.
We've normalized the high guard-rails and "safety first" culture of fear that produce individuals more concerned with their own comfort than doing what is hard to live well.
I have, both, reasons to agree with him and reasons to disagree why the state should be in charge of what symbolism is appropriate.
Somewhere between Terry Pratchett and Richard Feynman, I find sanity and reason.
Sounds like a very good idea.
Pulled pork, spare ribs, and white bread.
Generally in the states, it's Wonder Bread (yuck) I'll stick to making my own.
I’m on a mission to try wines from all 50 states. Some of them have been “ok”, others were rough to drink, this particular winery was pretty good. Wines using native grapes aren’t too well received by the general public, since most people only know the big name grapes that aren’t native to the US. This place is making the native wines quite well. I did a review of them a couple of years ago and still had a few bottles of other varietals leftover. https://www.sonofvin.com/2021/02/18/50-wines-from-50-states-north-carolina/
Excellent! Thanks!
I'm in AZ and fairly familiar with the range of varietals grown in the state that have produced my favorite earthy reds.
Im always looking for regional differences to learn from.
I've had wines from most of the US but never from North Carolina.
What would you say is it's definitive quality?
Or more simply-
I'm interested. Tell me why I should try it.
Working on broken machines all day and fighting Murphy's law.
Murphy's law won.
Gonna fire up the smoker and prep things for tomorrow and Tuesday.
I'll let you know how the ribs, pulled pork, and beans turn out.
Any special requests?
Happy weekend!
I'm resurrecting dead machines.
What do you have planned?
Solutions will require many routes and some trust in others. Nuclear will, likely, be one of the options.
"as greedy as a pig"
Ironically, the unhinged are some of the next ones against the wall as their totalitarian handlers advance in power.
