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Re:5G Virus Conspiracy Theory Fueled by Coordinated Effort by twomoretime on Thursday April 09, 2020 @04:57PM (#22827112)
>as a US citizen, I have little confidence in being able to stay in this country in the long term

You're likely in for a rude awakening if you expatriate. Things aren't perfect in the US but for someone in the middle class on a dev salary it's naive to think there are many places where you'd be substantially better off.

Re:5G Virus Conspiracy Theory Fueled by Coordinated Effort by knzhou on Thursday April 09, 2020 @05:06PM (#22827209)
I didn't say I would be better off elsewhere, I said I wouldn't have a choice. And I don't make even 20% of a standard dev salary.
Re:5G Virus Conspiracy Theory Fueled by Coordinated Effort by rbanffy on Thursday April 09, 2020 @08:36PM (#22828745)
Pretty much everywhere else in the developed world you'll have a decent compensation and free universal healthcare. Depending on where you land, your kids will have free college tuition and you'll be able to retire without fear of some clever banker will destroy your pension fund.
Re:5G Virus Conspiracy Theory Fueled by Coordinated Effort by knzhou on Thursday April 09, 2020 @08:52PM (#22828830)
> in the developed world

So what? No matter where I go, I'm still going to be ethnically Chinese. If the US expels people like me, I assume Europe, etc. will follow suit.

Re:5G Virus Conspiracy Theory Fueled by Coordinated Effort by rbanffy on Friday April 10, 2020 @08:42PM (#22838800)
Why would we expel you? Most of us have very sane governments, that respect human rights and don't make decisions based in conspiracy theories
Re:5G Virus Conspiracy Theory Fueled by Coordinated Effort by knzhou on Friday April 10, 2020 @08:57PM (#22838876)
As I said, given how information flow works, when you do it you'll think you have an excellent reason. When the time comes, you'll be hearing about something like the Yulin celebrations every single day, and in a month you'll hate whoever you're supposed to. That is the standard playbook, and it hasn't failed once yet.
Re:5G Virus Conspiracy Theory Fueled by Coordinated Effort by rbanffy on Saturday April 11, 2020 @04:59AM (#22840536)
I am sorry you feel like that, and, as an immigrant myself (Brazilian born, with Hungarian heritage, living in Ireland), I hope our species learns to embrace our cultural diversity.

I'm often reminded that we are just a couple hundred thousand years of human on top of many millions of years of monkey, and that we should be patient with ourselves.