r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Sounds about right.

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u/CoyoteChrome 1d ago

They just need to build multiple American factories for 20 million a piece, replace the slave wages of 2 dollars an hour for mind numbing monotonous work that saps the will and hope of the workforce, and do it all in less than two months and you won’t feel a thing!!!

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u/PrinterInkDrinker 1d ago

I work in neodymium and dysprosium refining.

Forget money, it takes MINIMUM 8 years to set up a proper system for mining, sorting, processing, refining and C&R. And that’s assuming you’re not behind schedule for even a day.

The US has about 1/10th of the domestic systems needed to refine both.

Let’s hope Americans are cool with waiting 10+ years for prices to drop below 500%

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u/kindasortaish 1d ago

Hey recessions last longer than that so I'll takebthay as a positive