Weapons Company Owners Express Concern about V2
Day 823, 19:34
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by Benedict James
http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/war-and-new-module-1212526/1/20
This weapons company owner primarily is addressing his own fears as he deals with the unique market conditions in the last days of v1. Yet, he makes some valid points about the coming war module, and I think he would sympathize with the approach I am taking here.
He recognizes that the new war module will fundamentally alter the way in which business is run. As I hinted at before, it appears that government will have to be active with their citizenry in new ways as they try to determine whether an opposing army is composed mostly of infantry, helicopters, artillery, or tanks, and adjusting the composition of their own armies accordingly.
It goes without saying that governments will not be consistent in this analysis and will from time to time fundamentally alter their approach. Therefore, the demand for certain products will be undeniably inconsistent and will, therefore, give weapons companies more opportunities to profit when the demand for their particular product and variation is high. There will be more opportunities to make a large profit, in other words, simply because the supply for a particular variation will be low while the demand for that variation will likely be very high.
This principle, which I am reiterating throughout my newspaper, is that choice introduces uncertainty in the market which, in turn, creates value in products beyond what it cost to produce.
While I understand the concern of this worried weapons company owner, I predict that he will see profits like never before at the onset of V2.
Unfortunately, I do have my own concerns: how quickly will weapons company owners be able to adjust to the existing market? If they will be able to adjust very quickly, prices will quickly stabilize and we will fall victim to a market similar to the one we have today. If, however, weapons company owners are required, either by convenience or necessity, to remain consistent in what they produce, company owners should expect profits to be high.
This weapons company owner primarily is addressing his own fears as he deals with the unique market conditions in the last days of v1. Yet, he makes some valid points about the coming war module, and I think he would sympathize with the approach I am taking here.
He recognizes that the new war module will fundamentally alter the way in which business is run. As I hinted at before, it appears that government will have to be active with their citizenry in new ways as they try to determine whether an opposing army is composed mostly of infantry, helicopters, artillery, or tanks, and adjusting the composition of their own armies accordingly.
It goes without saying that governments will not be consistent in this analysis and will from time to time fundamentally alter their approach. Therefore, the demand for certain products will be undeniably inconsistent and will, therefore, give weapons companies more opportunities to profit when the demand for their particular product and variation is high. There will be more opportunities to make a large profit, in other words, simply because the supply for a particular variation will be low while the demand for that variation will likely be very high.
This principle, which I am reiterating throughout my newspaper, is that choice introduces uncertainty in the market which, in turn, creates value in products beyond what it cost to produce.
While I understand the concern of this worried weapons company owner, I predict that he will see profits like never before at the onset of V2.
Unfortunately, I do have my own concerns: how quickly will weapons company owners be able to adjust to the existing market? If they will be able to adjust very quickly, prices will quickly stabilize and we will fall victim to a market similar to the one we have today. If, however, weapons company owners are required, either by convenience or necessity, to remain consistent in what they produce, company owners should expect profits to be high.
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I disagree. I believe the economies will fall due to a lot of parts in make one helicopter, tanks, etc. The company themselves will be one-sided. I believe the governments will turn to communism, or total gvt control, to control these countries and new citizens will be chosen a job. I dont like how V2 sounds.
Voted anyway, a lot of thought put into this.
Communism, or at least its eRep analogy, will indeed be of concern. Yet, just like real communism, eRep governments will be unable to actually make choices for the citizen. Citizens' choices are unpredictable and beyond the absolute control of the government.
While you express a fear that "new citizens will be chosen a job," I find this fear to be rather unfounded. Besides the practical considerations, the reality of the new v2 will be that it will be constantly dynamic. Any attempt on the part of a particular government to control its citizens' choices will fail to be beneficial to the country.
Ultimately, people will have recourse at the polls if their government is attempting to control their elives so such a degree that is undesirable.
It will be communalism in V2; as currently exists in various militia (and to a certain extent in the Army). In V2 the military will run its own vertically-integrated companies with its own production aims, using its own troops as cheap labor and taking advantage of the government "subsidy" for the military. A military-industrial complex run by the military!
The rest of the economy will do whatever it wants, completely unconstrained. If only because the government has no actual control over peoples' career choices or company management.