I have news for him: Europeans have more sense than to move to the US right now.
rowe33
3614
Says the newlywed. Lucky gal!
Tman
3617
Yet another sad story of how ice works to cause pain and hardship
We don’t have a merit based immigration system, so it’s very hard for, let’s say, college educated Europeans, to come to the United States to work.
Working in the US is very attractive to Europeans, jobs are easier to find here, and they pay much better.
Menzo
3619
Only if you don’t already have a job. In my experience it is trivial for a company with a US office to bring in anyone they want from Europe to work in the US.
That’s the stumbling point though, no?
Employers have understandably little interest in paying those costs for new employees. Why gamble? It’s not prudent. So to work in America would require joining a multinational, and climbing high enough, that a transfer becomes possible.
This is a topic I don’t really have an opinion on. I don’t know if we need more highly educated labor. I’ve never looked into it. But if we do, then our Visa system should reflect that need. It would of course depress wages for upper middle class Americans.
I do think the open border approach is nonsensical, and encouraging the mass migration, legal or illegal, of lower class people from Central and South America, I do think that’s a mistake.
It undercuts the wages of poor Americans, and further worsens their situation. That’s an act of cruelty.
Menzo
3622
The US office for Shadow had about 40 employees when I last worked there, and a good 15 of them were French. That included several interns. In CCP Atlanta’s heyday, they had quite a few Icelanders working there. Apparently Wargaming’s US offices are heavy with Russians.
It’s totally common.
Outside of the tech industry, where the labor you’re importing is cheaper, and where applicants have technical portfolios of their work?
It’s rare.
College-educated Europeans? Yes, it’s trivial. Companies import them all the time.
Why are college educated Europeans versus, say, college educated Africans so important?
Social class is irrelevant, since it does not say much except in extreme classes (newsflash, meritocracy is very limited around the world), what matters is personal potential, and by all measures (economic success and entrepreneurship) South American immigrants into the US have already a much higher realized potential than many native Americans.
It’s actually surprising it took him this long:
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I think our effort to create a meritocracy after WW2 backfired. We threw out the old ruling class, and replaced them with venal and poorly educated upstarts who viewed service as a way to enrich themselves. These people are not particularly clever.
South American immigrants into the US have already a much higher realized potential than many native Americans.
Importing cheap labor is a betrayal of our obligations to the poorest Americans. It introduces wage competition that further impoverishes them.
The people who push through these policies tend to hate the poor though. They like the idea, but despise the reality. They find the culture of poor Americans offensive, and they’re always punching down on them.
So it matters little if they suffer.
To your questions about class, and who we should select.
I would read The Son Also Rises: Surnames and the History of Social Mobility and Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Those look at social mobility, and community health.
JD
3629
Looking forward to all those start-ups, tech companies and research institutions recruiting solely from what the local market has to offer.
Menzo
3630
Leopards, faces, yada yada.
Menzo
3631
Anyone want to be the one to bet that this ban gets lifted before the election? And if Trump wins, I wouldn’t put any money on the ban ever getting lifted.
