• @CharlesDarwin
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      It will be ironic if the people that imagine themselves to be self-made men who had no need of Big Gubbermint find themselves with no job because the people they voted for flooded the zone with cheap, malleable H1Bs.

      They thought the likes of Steve Bannon were going to “flood the zone with shit” on behalf of the white man and his grievances, and even if he does, donvict’s broligarchy will be working to deprive America of some of the last remaining respectable jobs, or at least drastically reduce wages.

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        The part of this discussion that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me yet is that largely, the tech jobs that are in play here can be done anywhere. FAANG + Microsoft can and do hire hundreds of thousands of people anywhere in the world.

        I’m assuming it’s stricty the indentured servant aspect of the ‘jail’ that the visa process creates.

        Still waiting to see what the twist is going to be in this particular part of the unfolding soap opera.

        • @aesthelete
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          The part of this discussion that doesn’t make a lot of sense to me yet is that largely, the tech jobs that are in play here can be done anywhere. FAANG + Microsoft can and do hire hundreds of thousands of people anywhere in the world.

          Management doesn’t want to live in India. That’s pretty much the whole of it.

          If you off-shore the management too you: (a) piss off your US management / director class, and (b) wind up asking for things that get delivered wildly incorrectly because people in other cultures will just yes you to death, produce non-sense, not care, and later whistle over to the next contract and do the same.

    • @NocturnalEngineer
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      Duped implies they were deceived by Trump’s intentions. They weren’t duped, they knew exactly what they were getting when they voted that douchebag in.

      They just thought it wouldn’t impact them.