(But seriously, this is some Chinese Exclusion Act II shit)
kevinfederlinebundle on
Steve Hsu is a mildly repulsive character, but he’s not wrong about this: China graduates about as many STEM students from university every year as the entire rest of the world. There is no hope of winning any economic or security competition with China without elite immigration, including elite immigration from China.
People who support this kind of thing do not want America to be great. They want it to be Hungary: an insular, mediocre backwater. They may very well get their way, but I think they will find they do not like it. Most of those who think they will be the big fish in this small new pond will just find their homes clogged with algae.
beans_and_tuna on
This feels like it’ll do a number on funding for universities, which will ultimately reduce education opportunities for US citizens. Additionally, if the best and brightest minds of other nations study in the US and decide to stay, then the US has effectively gained a highly skilled researcher/engineer/scientist/etc at a bargain. This policy will objectively harm the US and its interests for seemingly no gain. The amount of harm that these stupid racist policies do is quite astonishing really.
College_Prestige on
If I am china I will be supporting these policies on the down low. Excellent effort free way of preventing brain drain while shifting the blame towards the US
patdmc59 on
WVU, the state’s flagship university, has had to cut academic programs in recent years because of a budget crisis partly caused by declining attendance. But self-destructive culture war bullshit always win in backwards states.
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Who the fuck wants to go to West Virginia anyways
Bum ass state
(But seriously, this is some Chinese Exclusion Act II shit)
Steve Hsu is a mildly repulsive character, but he’s not wrong about this: China graduates about as many STEM students from university every year as the entire rest of the world. There is no hope of winning any economic or security competition with China without elite immigration, including elite immigration from China.
[https://xcancel.com/hsu_steve/status/1900587606687322238](https://xcancel.com/hsu_steve/status/1900587606687322238)
People who support this kind of thing do not want America to be great. They want it to be Hungary: an insular, mediocre backwater. They may very well get their way, but I think they will find they do not like it. Most of those who think they will be the big fish in this small new pond will just find their homes clogged with algae.
This feels like it’ll do a number on funding for universities, which will ultimately reduce education opportunities for US citizens. Additionally, if the best and brightest minds of other nations study in the US and decide to stay, then the US has effectively gained a highly skilled researcher/engineer/scientist/etc at a bargain. This policy will objectively harm the US and its interests for seemingly no gain. The amount of harm that these stupid racist policies do is quite astonishing really.
If I am china I will be supporting these policies on the down low. Excellent effort free way of preventing brain drain while shifting the blame towards the US
WVU, the state’s flagship university, has had to cut academic programs in recent years because of a budget crisis partly caused by declining attendance. But self-destructive culture war bullshit always win in backwards states.