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Has anyone on this thread seriously discussed leaving the US with their partner, based at least in part on the growth and aggressiveness of its domestic securit
by rmrfstar 6y ago
Has anyone on this thread seriously discussed leaving the US with their partner, based at least in part on the growth and aggressiveness of its domestic security services?
- manquer 6y agoDuring the peak of red scare, McCarthyism it quite likely there were people who left because such concerns, so it possible. Plenty of people from the tech world have had unpleasant experience with US security apparatus, leaving them hesitant take a job in the states. The maintainer of curl project comes to mind notably
- cafard 6y agoActually, E.F. Codd, who developed the concept of a relational database, moved out of the country. I believe this was less that he feared personal repercussions than that he found the whole business obnoxious.
- mikestew 6y agoWhat, and then become a victim of U. S. foreign policy?