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> Half-done it could be very dangerous - getting many well-connected and affluent people with nothing against in principle to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, b
by hackerlight 3y ago
> Half-done it could be very dangerous - getting many well-connected and affluent people with nothing against in principle to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but who don't like the practical consequences for themselves.
Maybe disallow them from voting in local elections for 8 years after immigration so they have no political influence. And spread them around many countries so they're less than 1% of the general population.
Even if they're pro-Putin it might still be a net good getting them out of Russia. It's now a war of attrition, the #1 thing that matters is manpower (manpower for conscription, and manpower for industrial production).
- actionfromafar 3y agoAnother thing to consider - if you brain drain a country - who will pick up the pieces when a regime falls? You want someone able to keep things organized when the state cracks.
- jacquesm 3y agoThat's important, but it is also not the problem we have today. Right now what we have is an out-of-control nuclear weapons wielding/threatening kleptocracy that murders many thousands of people every month. Picking up the pieces is the next problem and the sooner we have that problem the better. It is definitely worthwhile to point at this problem because to a large extent that's how we ended up with this mess in the first place, but it is not the immediate one and arguably an easier one to solve than the one that we have now, especially given lessons learned.
- throw-the-towel 3y agoIn the event of regime change, going back will absolutely be a non-issue. Hell, some of us are preparing for it right now [0]. [0] https://firstflight.today/ https://firstflight.today/