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on Friday November 30 2018, @09:47AM
from the Quite-a-few-from-Europe-and-China,-too dept.
from the Quite-a-few-from-Europe-and-China,-too dept.
As a former H1 visa holder, this article interested me and shows the value that immigrants bring to the USA.
According to this opinion piece, the USA and specifically Santa Clara county is only the leader in tech because of immigrants.
In 1965, the Immigration Act of 1924 was repealed, opening the gates to immigrants and allowing a critical mass of technology companies to develop in clusters around Boston and Santa Clara County. A significant proportion of all the best graduates from the best schools in India (IIT) came to the USA -- in effect, the USA siphoned off India's best talent and used it to develop leadership in technology and to grow the economy.
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If the thunder don't get you, then the lightning will.
(Score: 2, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 30 2018, @03:11PM (10 children)
Thank you.
Can you say that bit a little louder, Brother (or Sister)? #walkaway So many seem to be trapped on the plantation, and can't escape.
FWIW, the only problem with the #walkaway thing is, many who are getting off the plantation seem to think their only other choice is to become a Republican. Americans of all types, colors, cultures, and classes need to get past that two-party bullshit.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday November 30 2018, @03:50PM (8 children)
I thought it was supposed to be 'African' American, or is this a "black people can call black people black but white men can't" thing like Nigger?
The longer I live, the more confused things be.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @04:05PM (1 child)
oh, a joker, you must be the american here.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Gaaark on Saturday December 01 2018, @01:05AM
Nope: a confused Canadian who has lost his way in a PC world.
"I'm shrinking.... SHRINKING!....Oh what a world, WHAT a world..."
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @07:15PM (3 children)
As a white man I can tell you that the majority of black people prefer "black".
Since you're autistic I'll explain that "African American" is a sort of safe word that nobody is allowed to get pissy about. Also PoC. Anyone using these terms in casual conversation is probably a load of snakes wandering around in human skin.
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Friday November 30 2018, @11:15PM (2 children)
So don't call you a Caucasian-American?
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday December 01 2018, @01:03AM
Just don't call me late for supper!
:)
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(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 01 2018, @05:01AM
I think very very few white Americans have any connection to the Caucasus Mountains. Germans are the single largest ethnic group... Nazi-American sounds about right.
(Score: 2) by dry on Saturday December 01 2018, @06:02AM (1 child)
It's sort of like how you can call a friend a cunt, but not a stranger a cunt.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 03 2018, @05:58AM
And you can grab a friend up by the cunt, but you can't grab a stranger by the cunt unless you're paying her.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @04:03PM
Thesis -- Anti-thesis -- Synthesis.
Setting up polarities is the time-honored way of 'divide and conquer'. Divide it down to where everyone is an exception and your opponents literally kill themselves for you.
e.g. its not a problem, its hegelian dialectic. read machiavelli if you've not been introduced to the plutocratic mind before. its a way of structuring the argument in such a way that you believe the only way is to drop-out/walk-away/ignore. see also anacyclosis. file under
stupid mind-games played to make you a porn-consuming divorced druggy gamer living on welfare .. or everything opposite of that.
its called and hailed as 'excluding the middle' as you need to be polarized (in conflict with) for you to ignore the theft/thievery of the good-life intangibles in and around you. that includes the decaying roads, bridges, health and pensions systems otherwise protected as the commons by everyone.