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Yup, so that we can loose our innovation edge and loose the next Apple, Google or Nvidia. Amazing plan.
by thatfrenchguy 8mo ago
Yup, so that we can loose our innovation edge and loose the next Apple, Google or Nvidia. Amazing plan.
- lotsofpulp 8mo agoCould be the biggest own goal in human history.
- psunavy03 8mo agoIt already is.
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- hurfdurf 8mo agoFairly certain 1930s Germany ranks higher in this regard by quite a margin.
- lotsofpulp 8mo agoAs I understand, 1930s (and 1920s) Germany was not a desirable place due to the losses from WW1. I meant more of a place where things are mostly going OK (compared to most other places), and resources (human and natural) are available, so any failure modes have to come from within. Germany flipped over the boardgame while losing, but USA flipped it over while winning.
- 141205 8mo agoThere's a big difference between cutting off all foreign-born talent—and addressing the serious issue of graduate school turning into an immigration racket; the current issue with graduate degrees is a very close mirror to the issue with H1b worker visas. The abuse of both systems has harmed Americans—and to some extent the long-term health of the tech industry and the academy.
- ares623 8mo agoWould you be ok if the schools only allowed foreign students from certain countries?
- chronny903 8mo ago> Would you be ok if the schools only allowed foreign students from certain countries? Yes Practically, schools already do.
- spankalee 8mo agoAmerican is built on immigration, and nearly all of us are immigrants or very recent descendants of immigrants. How in the world has immigration harmed Americans?
- robin_reala 8mo agoAsk the indigenous Americans.
- spankalee 8mo agoI think if you're going to argue that we shouldn't have contemporary immigration because of the harm to native Americans, then you should show what harm is caused _now_, that native Americans actually oppose immigration, and probably that you support other ways of helping them like giving them land back.
- throwaway173738 8mo agoIf you go back far enough everyone comes from a line of invaders, so I fail to see how this contributes to anything.
- gavin-1 8mo agoNot a fair comparison. Immigrants are not killing Americans en masse nor taking the land by force.
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- TacoCommander 8mo agoA simple house in the South Bay is $2 million or more. Is this a win for humanity?
- lotsofpulp 8mo agoIt’s one of the most desirable places to live in the world, why wouldn’t it be one of the most expensive?
- TacoCommander 8mo agoThe people who can afford to live here spend all their time working, and no time participating in the community, much less enjoying and appreciating the things that make the area special.
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- ixtli 8mo agoThis is a non-sequitur. Making immigration impossible or stopping science funding or whatever is not going to change the behavior of a market profiting off of housing.
- direwolf20 8mo agoWhat's the relationship between this comment and the topic of discussion?
- TacoCommander 8mo agoThe point was - Do we really benefit from these companies in our backyard, or are they destroying local communities? Is a trillion dollar company in your backyard really a good thing?
- noncoml 8mo agoIs your complaint that you cannot afford to live in a place where intelligent, well educated people are getting payed insane amount of money? And are you implying that the solution is to stop those highly desirable people from coming in because that will help you afford a place in South Bay? In other words since you cannot compete with them, outlaw them?
- direwolf20 8mo agoThey already lost their innovation edge with TikTok but they were able to steal it back with brute force. They must be counting on doing that again.