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India gets a metric fuckload of money back in remittances every year. Debatable if that's actually worth the brain drain, but then there's also the angle of hav
by annodomini2019 8mo ago
India gets a metric fuckload of money back in remittances every year. Debatable if that's actually worth the brain drain, but then there's also the angle of having your young people learn from the rest of the world and return with new skills. I lean more towards the remittances though.
- aurareturn 8mo agoGovernments don’t want smart people. They want dumb people because they are easier to control.
- inglor_cz 8mo agoAre dumb people, in fact, easier to control? I have seen a lot of smart people in thrall of ideologies that could be used to manipulate them left and right at will. Meanwhile, true morons tend to be unpredictably chaotic.
- aurareturn 8mo agoYea. Dumb people are lower class and uneducated. Give them a few bonuses and they’ll happily shut up.
- phainopepla2 8mo agoThis explains why governments never subsidize universities
- aurareturn 8mo agoMost do enough to keep their people from revolting.
- givemeethekeys 8mo agoIndian government universities are subsidized but difficult to get into and don’t get you on an automatic path to leaving for a better destination.