Seems like it might be been a bad move to train outside people at our top schools (mainly for that sweet out of state tuition money) and then fail to keep them

Seems like it might be been a bad move to train outside people at our top schools (mainly for that sweet out of state tuition money) and then fail to keep them here. Sort of a self-imposed brain drain, but hey, we did manage to keep the scary foreigners out. China is doing the same thing the US did in the 1800s, prioritizing economic development, and the US would do exactly the same thing if in their shoes right now. Arguably this will eventually happen, and the roles will reverse, as the US guts higher education for political reasons, then is forced to play catch-up.