I'm dumbfounded that some people think high-skilled immigration is negative sum. It is so glaringly positive sum.
Another country invested 20 years to train a 130 IQ person from birth to tertiary educated.
And then the US gets to skim the top 0.1% off that expensive process without paying a dime.
These immigrants then generate consumption, scientific discoveries and found companies in their prime working years, which boosts the local country's power, economy, job opportunities and prosperity. They take 1 job but create 2, but the 2 is hidden behind layers of indirection (scientific discoveries, consumption, etc) so dumb people can't see the positive sum reality for what it is.
Anti-immigrant sentiment is a profound misunderstanding of the global value that these immigrants create, even if they locally compete for a specific job.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy
There's a reason Eastern Europe and East Asia are struggling. There's a reason China and South Korea have probably peaked. There's a reason Hungary will continue to be a shit place to live. It isn't because of too much immigration. It's because of too little.
The US, since its founding, has been a country of immigrants. It's a necessary condition behind its prosperity and strength.
Another country invested 20 years to train a 130 IQ person from birth to tertiary educated.
And then the US gets to skim the top 0.1% off that expensive process without paying a dime.
These immigrants then generate consumption, scientific discoveries and found companies in their prime working years, which boosts the local country's power, economy, job opportunities and prosperity. They take 1 job but create 2, but the 2 is hidden behind layers of indirection (scientific discoveries, consumption, etc) so dumb people can't see the positive sum reality for what it is.
Anti-immigrant sentiment is a profound misunderstanding of the global value that these immigrants create, even if they locally compete for a specific job.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lump_of_labour_fallacy
There's a reason Eastern Europe and East Asia are struggling. There's a reason China and South Korea have probably peaked. There's a reason Hungary will continue to be a shit place to live. It isn't because of too much immigration. It's because of too little.
The US, since its founding, has been a country of immigrants. It's a necessary condition behind its prosperity and strength.