The only sort of capitalism with government contracts and prison labor is the crony kind.

General Butler’s “War is a Racket” applies here.

Look Head, I’ve been a mechanical engineer for over 20 years. If big oil had a huge demand for mechanicals and paid more I think it would have noticed it by now. Yes, they have a few engineers in other fields (little need) but if they aggressively recruited or searched or needed a lot of them I would have noticed.…

You’re babbling again.

It’s because Obama publically spoke out for the UK remaining in the EU and the general nature of progressives to believe in progression towards world governance.*

Another article from gawker media pushing the agenda that bad things happen because the peasantry doesn’t do what their betters (as in the wealthy ruling class since people didn’t understand the common use of the term last time) tell them to. Univision can’t take over too soon.

The problem is people in the USA are often assholes who just want to be in front. They’ll do whatever they can to get in front of you which upon achieving will slow down or fall asleep at the next red light or in the case of motorcyclists fumble around through a series of steps before getting the bike moving they’ll…

Your behavior is clear.

But oil and gas has little need for anything beyond ChemE’s

Oh I got that it was sarcasm in the presentation, but it’s also rather true.

Of course, I get that, but there are other careers and sectors of the economy where companies recognize bottom line contributions and are willing to pay. Engineering just isn’t one of them as a rule.

There’s manufacturing engineering jobs in the auto industry in Illinois. Design? Not so much. Just supplier level jobs really.

H1B visa program. They’ve been doing it for decades.

Who’s paying though?

Most people don’t know that engineering in the auto industry, at least mechanical, often means getting stuck doing door handles or sunvisors or water pumps for years if not a career. It’s great for getting cars done quickly but it’s not exactly the exciting engineering career people imagine working for automaker or…

Lots of ME jobs out there. It’s called generically “electronics packaging”. I used to do that sort work. Housings, displays, keypads, switches, buttons, contacts, latches, tons of stuff and its far more involved than anyone outside of it gives it credit for. A thin plastic housing that allows a gizmo to be dropped on…

Exactly. looks normal to me. The mouse is just proof it was an actual barn find.

Your reading comprehension continues to fail you. If you can’t tell the difference between being “part of” and “serving” I can’t help you. Government funding is dependent upon being politically acceptable to one’s patrons, same as it always has.

It’s amazing how you’ve decided what I should be arguing. Sorry you don’t have that privilege. I could go down the tangents of data handling, financing, the corporate-state system, and such. I have done so in the past. You can sift through my gawker history if you’re interested in that. Today I am staying with the…

What I would prefer is irrelevant. What is, is what is. Human society has been this way for at least six thousand years and shows no sign of changing any time soon.