Presumably, if we aren't the world's tech leader, some other country will be. India, China, ??? Who? And once you've decided "who?" ask yourself whether that

Presumably, if we aren't the world's tech leader, some other country will be. India, China, ??? Who? And once you've decided "who?" ask yourself whether that country will somehow depend upon open-borders, and whether its prominent web magazines will propagandize relentlessly for the same. People who discuss this do not give two flies for America's "tech leadership" or whatever other baloney abstraction you prefer. It's a political subject only.