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That doesn't hold water when workers work for companies with foreign customers. One way or another, you're competing with foreign engineers: if they can't work
by ahomescu1 13y ago
That doesn't hold water when workers work for companies with foreign customers. One way or another, you're competing with foreign engineers: if they can't work for US companies, they'll work for their local companies in the same markets. For example, Google is now practically the global search engine, but it's an American company making tons of money off foreign users. If only American developers were allowed to work at Google, it's possible many more country-specific search engines would pop up (many already exist, but they're not as popular).
- waps 13y agoAnd it's nevertheless the best argument we have. You see, capitalism would suggest the price of any product goes down to the marginal cost. That means the price paid for labour should be just barely above subsistence. Do you want to live like that ? If the answer is no, you must find a way to avoid it, and not being an "open borders weirdo" is one of the more common suggestions.