I don’t think there is a lack of brain power in the US nor a brain drain, usually progress is linked to funding and the US has always had funds that’s why academics from everywhere go there.
It’s true that their visa processes etc since 911 have gotten ridiculous I previously (prior to 911) had an L1 intercompany transfer visa which you could get in a matter of months you could even work there as the visa was being processed the waiting time for the same visa post 911 was around 2 year last I heard it’s to the point where it’s just not a practical solution for companies anymore. It’s also the only country I’ve ever visited where I have had my eyeball scanned.
[quote]lixy wrote:
Chushin wrote:
Oh, and BTW, I guess if I were from “a third-world shithole,” I wouldn’t believe in nation-states either.
My reasons stem from studying history, not from where how well the geographical location I was born in is doing.
As a bonus, I’ll direct your attention towards the state of nationalism in third-world shitholes. Obviously, your sentiment is in the minority.[/quote]
I think his sentiment is quite common.
The less important the US gets, the shriller the jingoism.
That is the same mechanism that fuels the nationalism of said “shitholes”.