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> l3m0ndr0p (yeah, I'm totally him/her) made an "America first" type of comment. on the topic of "America First", i wonder if there's a double standard. if Ap
by HillaryBriss 10y ago
> l3m0ndr0p (yeah, I'm totally him/her) made an "America first" type of comment.
on the topic of "America First", i wonder if there's a double standard.
if Apple/Facebook/Microsoft/Google/et al say "if we don't reform immigration policies to allow more talented people to enter the US, America will lose its position of technical leadership" that's basically an "America First" argument. but in reality these companies are basically motivated by their own desire to make more cash. and it's not very controversial.
by contrast, if some individual middle class US resident says "H1B visa holders are costing me money by depressing salaries" that's basically an "America First" argument too, even though that person is basically motived by their own desire to make more cash. but it's quite controversial.
is corporate greed somehow more acceptable than individual greed? is there a kind of bias against the little guy?
why isn't everyone equally entitled to advocate for their own greed?
- weirdstuff 10y agoThat line of thought crossed my mind, as well.
- HillaryBriss 10y agoevery person (us born, immigrant, or even outside the US), organization (foreign, domestic, corporation, non-profit, et al) is entitled to say "I am America". we might be the only country like that.
- siquick 10y ago> we might be the only country like that. Why?
- HillaryBriss 10y agofor one thing, the US has a high profile global presence. when the US government or economy does something, people all over the world tend to hear about it and often react. sometimes it effects them in powerful ways (e.g. war, trade, Beyonce). for another, the US seems to have evolved both the strongest individual free speech protections and some of the freest immigration policies and practices. because of its global familiarity, in the last 30 or 40 years, many people from around the world have come to the US and felt comfortable exercising that freedom. maybe people think "if the US feels free to reach out and impact my part of the world, then i'm free to go to the US and impact it." i don't know if there are other countries in a situation like that. maybe the UK? maybe China and India, if you consider the poor rural workers who've migrated into the big cities?
- rmk 10y agoAmerica is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporate world. From Statehouses up to Congress, they own our senators and expect 'no moonlighting' for the public.