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High talented individuals moving to the US is a win-win for them and the US. They significantly help to strengthen the country and ensure it keeps its dominant
by throwaway6734 5y ago
High talented individuals moving to the US is a win-win for them and the US. They significantly help to strengthen the country and ensure it keeps its dominant position
- linksnapzz 5y agoIn some individual cases, that is certainly true; so that's more of a non sequitur. I'm trying to divine the origins of this "right" that highly talented individuals have, to move where they whilst to best avail themselves of opportunities, and what sort of strength and dominance they can contribute to the place they move to...that, if these qualities do emerge from highly talented individuals, why did they do them no good in the place they're moving _from_?
- throwaway6734 5y agoI don't know why you keep using the word "right". It's a beneficial situation for the individual and the US. Because institutions and environments matter. Einstein wouldnt have been able to contribute nearly as much to humanity 5000 years ago as he could 80 years ago.
- linksnapzz 5y agoI keep using the word "right", because you said: Why would you want to deny those individuals their right to wealth and a more comfortable life? So now, it is not a right, but merely a beneficial arrangement so obvious as to be axiomatic? Yes, institutions and environments matter...so much so, that one should be very, very careful about how they might be changed or altered, and how the benefits are calculated, and by whom...
- throwaway6734 5y agoAh my mistake. By "right to wealth/comfort" I meant their right to pursue those things. High talent immigrants are objectively beneficial to the US and to those individuals.