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mentalgear ◴[] No.45774588[source]
Why would ANY global business still rely on U.S. Tech? The U.S. government, through their executive orders and dissolving of the separations of powers, has demonstrated its ability to unilaterally disrupt or shut down private technology services at will. How can any business justify depending on U.S.-based tech infrastructure when its access could vanish overnight on a political whim by an unstable president?

If there is no rule of law, capital, talent and trust are flowing out of that country - for good reason.

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Permit ◴[] No.45775184[source]
> capital, talent and trust are flowing out of that country

Is there non-anecdotal evidence of this that you can share with us?

My understanding is that people make this claim but I haven't seen evidence of it beyond one-off articles about individual professors leaving the country.

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lispisok ◴[] No.45775893[source]
There is none. Despite the less stable environment if you are Talent by far the best place to be is the US. If you are an ambitious entrepreneur by far the best place to be is the US.
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withinboredom ◴[] No.45776472{3}[source]
After I moved out of the US, I got emails all the time about moving to the EU; until I deleted my blog post about it.

The expat facebook groups have exploded if you’re looking for 'evidence'.

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DaSHacka ◴[] No.45779949{4}[source]
you mean, from 100's of users to 1000's?
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1. withinboredom ◴[] No.45780159{5}[source]
You have to consider it a sample and while not fully representative, you can come to some conclusions. There are some 9 million US citizens living outside the US.

Further, you can look at past migration patterns due to political changes. Like when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the people with the means and the smarts leave first, then the rich — unless they have a path to power in the new regime. Eventually you are left with a poor country.

https://www.ftadviser.com/international-advice/2025/8/1/numb...