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"Squander"... many US citizens see the actions of Silicon Valley and the entire tech VC culture as grossly immoral and unethical. Maybe you have yet to realize

"Squander"... many US citizens see the actions of Silicon Valley and the entire tech VC culture as grossly immoral and unethical. Maybe you have yet to realize that all your actions in the US will only make rich families richer and hurt and damage the lives of those beneath you, but many Americans decide to do work that helps individuals directly as opposed to help investors become even richer. It's fun to think poor Americans are lazy, but when you realize that helping people in America is one of the lowest paid(often volunteer) positions, how warped the reality of the US dollar is. To many "dignity" as you described it, is not working like a slave to enrich the evil that is destroying our country. And if you are moving here to contribute to that you are not much more than a paid mercenary. EDIT: Look, I get it that you are possibly coming from a fucked situation wherever you might come from. And I can't blame you for it. But realize that few people in the US actually will benefit from it, and it will actually make their lives worse. It's what you have to do, but it really isn't something that many Americans would think is good. We already learned about imperialism in High School and prefer not to repeat it.

aianus 12y ago
Money is obviously an imperfect proxy for how much someone contributes to society but it's the only fair way to ration housing or any other limited resource. "My parents lived in this city and I grew up here" does not and should not trump "I moved here to work and be productive".
- McDoku 12y ago
  Are you seriously arguing that "to work and be productive" overrides the rights of native inhabitants of a region?
  - aianus 12y ago
    It's better for society as a whole to distribute limited resources based on some kind of merit rather than "I was here first".
    - McDoku 12y ago
      Loyalty is merit. Would you rather a civilization that simply discarded you when you have lost utility? This is poor long term planning that undermines the nation for short term intrest. Unless you have pledged your allegiance, your contributions and loyalty is short term. So obviously we are going to prioratize someone who has our back. If you have the education it is likely because you come from a privileged family. There is also strong corrupting ingrained into the system. Unless my last red envelope was given to me in error. There are men and women in your country of greater merit who are not given the opportunity. If we were truely acting on merit they would be hear, and not you. They would have been given the scholarship and the resources in childhood to succeed. I have met way too many entitled princelings lacking any of the virtues of a gentleman.
  - adventured 12y ago
    What rights are you talking about that "native inhabitants of a region" possess exactly?
    - McDoku 12y ago
      They deserve the loyalty of their representatives. Policy should be made in thier best intrest.
ml_da 12y ago
What're you talking about here? How is software development going to 'contribute to the evil that is destroying our country'? Snapchat and Instagram are stupid apps, sure, but they're far from destroying america. And a lot of new technology which is built: smartphones, medical devices, robotics, all those things are going to save lives and be a tremendous boost to the economy.

aianus 12y ago

Money is obviously an imperfect proxy for how much someone contributes to society but it's the only fair way to ration housing or any other limited resource. "My parents lived in this city and I grew up here" does not and should not trump "I moved here to work and be productive".

McDoku 12y ago
Are you seriously arguing that "to work and be productive" overrides the rights of native inhabitants of a region?
- aianus 12y ago
  It's better for society as a whole to distribute limited resources based on some kind of merit rather than "I was here first".
  - McDoku 12y ago
    Loyalty is merit. Would you rather a civilization that simply discarded you when you have lost utility? This is poor long term planning that undermines the nation for short term intrest. Unless you have pledged your allegiance, your contributions and loyalty is short term. So obviously we are going to prioratize someone who has our back. If you have the education it is likely because you come from a privileged family. There is also strong corrupting ingrained into the system. Unless my last red envelope was given to me in error. There are men and women in your country of greater merit who are not given the opportunity. If we were truely acting on merit they would be hear, and not you. They would have been given the scholarship and the resources in childhood to succeed. I have met way too many entitled princelings lacking any of the virtues of a gentleman.
- adventured 12y ago
  What rights are you talking about that "native inhabitants of a region" possess exactly?
  - McDoku 12y ago
    They deserve the loyalty of their representatives. Policy should be made in thier best intrest.

ml_da 12y ago

What're you talking about here? How is software development going to 'contribute to the evil that is destroying our country'? Snapchat and Instagram are stupid apps, sure, but they're far from destroying america. And a lot of new technology which is built: smartphones, medical devices, robotics, all those things are going to save lives and be a tremendous boost to the economy.