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[crazygringo]

> You're making it sound like they got roped into slavery against their will.

Of course I'm not. It's great for them. But it still means there's another job left unfilled. If they're making weapons, something else is not getting made/done. That's all I'm saying. Hope it's clear now.

[FirmwareBurner → crazygringo]

> But it still means there's another job left unfilled.

Then it's their fault for being less competitive employers than those other military jobs. Welcome to the free market.

You are not owed employees just because you have a job opening, you need to compete for them. If you're an unattractive employer, tough shit mate. Git gud.

[stale2002 → FirmwareBurner]

> Then it's their fault

Nobody said anything about fault or added any moral claims.

Instead it is merely that another job is unfilled.

This is an argument about economics, not anything to do with who owes who, which is completely irrelevant to the topic at hand.

[Dylan16807 → FirmwareBurner]

> You are not owed employees

That's a fine response to a person complaining that specific jobs are lacking workers.

The idea that as a total statistic there are fewer normal jobs getting filled is a different thing entirely.

[xcv123 → FirmwareBurner]

You are completely missing the point here.

[FirmwareBurner → xcv123]

Please, arrive at the point.

[xcv123 → FirmwareBurner]

The other commenters here said it better than I did.

Here's an explanation of the Broken Window Fallacy

https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/broken-window-fa...