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Which countries would benefit most from an American brain drain?

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43 points rustoo | 1 comments | 12 Apr 25 15:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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iambateman ◴[12 Apr 25 15:58 UTC] No.43665494[source]▶
China. China. China. The answer is China.
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dlachausse ◴[12 Apr 25 16:05 UTC] No.43665575[source]▶
Honest question, what would be gained by moving from America to China? Their government is by nearly all measures less tolerant, less free, less friendly to foreigners, more racist, and at least as morally evil, but probably more so considering their treatment of the Uyghurs and other minority populations.

At least in America if you’re not a fan of the Trump administration we’ll have another leader in a couple years. You can’t say the same for China.

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rany_ ◴[12 Apr 25 16:09 UTC] No.43665620[source]▶
Stability. You said it yourself:

> we’ll have another leader in a couple years

Depending on how you look at it, it could be seen as a disadvantage. China's policies are generally long-term and stable.

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42772827 ◴[12 Apr 25 16:15 UTC] No.43665679[source]▶
“I have this terrible illness, but at least it’s chronic.”
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rany_ ◴[12 Apr 25 16:41 UTC] No.43665952[source]▶
I'm obviously not a fan of dictatorships, I'm just trying to rationalize why someone might prefer China to the US.

I think the problem is that the US presidency is too powerful, it might be better to turn the presidency into a ceremonial position. It shouldn't be possible for the president to do all this damage.

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1. 42772827 ◴[12 Apr 25 16:56 UTC] No.43666080[source]▶
It’s pretty much going in the US exactly how George Washington predicted.

“[Political factions] are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government and destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”