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Indeed, the machine works so well that, as a US citizen, I have little confidence in being able to stay in this country in the long term. Doesn't matter if I sp
by knzhou 7y ago
Indeed, the machine works so well that, as a US citizen, I have little confidence in being able to stay in this country in the long term. Doesn't matter if I speak out, nothing will stop it.
It is amusing that the typical "skeptics" and "critical thinkers" online never notice. Their skepticism consists of swallowing the narrative whole, then insisting that the conspiracy is real but twice as evil as reported.
- twomoretime 7y ago>as a US citizen, I have little confidence in being able to stay in this country in the long term You're likely in for a rude awakening if you expatriate. Things aren't perfect in the US but for someone in the middle class on a dev salary it's naive to think there are many places where you'd be substantially better off.
- knzhou 7y agoI didn't say I would be better off elsewhere, I said I wouldn't have a choice. And I don't make even 20% of a standard dev salary.
- rbanffy 7y agoPretty much everywhere else in the developed world you'll have a decent compensation and free universal healthcare. Depending on where you land, your kids will have free college tuition and you'll be able to retire without fear of some clever banker will destroy your pension fund.
- knzhou 7y ago> in the developed world So what? No matter where I go, I'm still going to be ethnically Chinese. If the US expels people like me, I assume Europe, etc. will follow suit.
- rbanffy 7y agoWhy would we expel you? Most of us have very sane governments, that respect human rights and don't make decisions based in conspiracy theories
- knzhou 7y agoAs I said, given how information flow works, when you do it you'll think you have an excellent reason. When the time comes, you'll be hearing about something like the Yulin celebrations every single day, and in a month you'll hate whoever you're supposed to. That is the standard playbook, and it hasn't failed once yet.
- rbanffy 7y agoI am sorry you feel like that, and, as an immigrant myself (Brazilian born, with Hungarian heritage, living in Ireland), I hope our species learns to embrace our cultural diversity. I'm often reminded that we are just a couple hundred thousand years of human on top of many millions of years of monkey, and that we should be patient with ourselves.