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> Don't just assume that people will move at the drop of a hat. Same reason why they won't move to Iran or N Korea.
by miki_tyler 5y ago
> Don't just assume that people will move at the drop of a hat.
Same reason why they won't move to Iran or N Korea.
- blowfish721 5y agoYou also have to consider that they don’t want to move to the US specificly due to ideological reasons. How many who don’t currently live in Russia would love to move there if their profession was no longer needed in the US? Same thing applies the other way around.
- avs733 5y agopeople act in their own self interest, that doesn't mean self interest is simple Maybe North Korea offers them more money? Maybe Russia has a backdoor deal to have their scientists develop something 'for russia' that people know goes out the backdoor to Maybe Russia forces them to work on things or they will hurt their families. Maybe Russia won't let them leave and they are going to do worse things for money unless we keep them employed. Maybe they hate the US and want to work for their enemies HN often gets very reductive on why people make the decisions they do. Especially when those are related to decisions made by 'traditional' companies and state actors. Lets not assume that the entirety of the US state department and ULA aren't well informed about the decisions they are making.
- sterlind 5y agoI read in Command and Control that the Russian government narrowly managed to block a plane full of Russian weapons designers from heading to North Korea during the collapse of the USSR. There were brilliant scientists trying and failing to grow potatoes in their back yard because food was scarce. Moving beats dying of hunger.