>And for some reason a contingent of HN is cheering it on.
Seems easily understood. Only 5% of humanity are USians, for the rest, 'your loss is our gain'. Where cowmix wishes for all the brilliant minds to come to the US, the countries that lose those people call it a 'brain drain', and the reduction of that brain drain is most welcome.
I’m not saying everyone should “come to the US.” But I don’t want people avoiding the US because of insane, self-inflicted barriers our own government chooses to put up. I’d rather see top candidates pick Canada, the EU, or even China because they’re getting a genuinely better opportunity — not because the US went off the rails. We’re forfeiting leadership in science and innovation for petty, internal, anti-progress reasons.
Seems easily understood. Only 5% of humanity are USians, for the rest, 'your loss is our gain'. Where cowmix wishes for all the brilliant minds to come to the US, the countries that lose those people call it a 'brain drain', and the reduction of that brain drain is most welcome.