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[โ€“] JohnBrownsBussy2@hexbear.net 53 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Based. The west has long relied on international brain drain (caused by imperial wars and neo-colonialism) to accumulate the "best and the brightest" and put a stranglehold on the tertiary/quaternary sectors. It's amusing to see the shoe on the other foot, especially after the western tech giants have worked so hard to suppress tech worker wages.

[โ€“] queermunist@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago

In fact, the West gobbling up skilled labor is a factor of imperialism and underdevelopment. Labor is the superior of capital, so the loss of a skilled engineer is always worse than whatever remittances they might return home.