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Re:Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech ... by puranjay on Friday August 31, 2018 @06:49AM (#17884457)
As a potential legal immigrant, I just don't want to take my labor to a country whose President doesn't respect or welcome me. Sure, the rhetoric might be against illegal immigration, but I'd rather just move to a country where Nazis aren't "fine people".

The America brand has essentially been tainted.

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Re:Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech ... by frockington on Friday August 31, 2018 @08:23AM (#17884911)
I don't understand this logic. You want to move to America, but you hate America. Why not just move elsewhere then? Is there something that America has that you can't find anywhere else?
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Re:Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech ... by mfringel on Friday August 31, 2018 @10:17AM (#17885758)
It appears that you have conflated "hating America" with "hating the current President and his policies". Can you say more about that?
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Re:Silicon Valley is changing, and its lead over other tech ... by puranjay on Friday August 31, 2018 @09:36PM (#17889646)
That's exactly what I meant: that I'd just take my labor elsewhere. I have no intention of immigrating to America in the near future; it will take someone like Obama in power again for me to think otherwise. There are other labor markets that are happy to put out the welcome mat for me

The sad thing is that I studied in America for two years and can't reconcile the current rhetoric with the memories I had

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