Studying the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on global knowledge production

Re:Studying the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on globa... by dexen on Sunday January 31, 2021 @03:15PM (#25982131)

>Compared to most european countries, US is very xenophobic.

As an european who have worked for european and for american companies[1]... no, very much it's the reverse: european companies pay a lot of attention to university, nationality (home culture, really), and social class for matters of promotion; american companies are more results-oriented and much more cosmopolitan.

You might be judging it by what's being broadcasted in popular media - the european "we're enlightened all the way through" versus the american "we still have ways to go".

>All european countries have equal opportunity laws.

Only really useful for bilking the big multinational companies for moderately stingy fines. Nobody gets ahead because of a lawsuit.

[1] selection bias caveat applies, obviously

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Re:Studying the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on globa... by randompwd on Sunday January 31, 2021 @04:36PM (#25982794)

There is no "European" in the same way there is "American".

Europe country cultures are massively more different and diverse than US states.

There's only been free pan-EU movement since the Lisbon Treaty in December 2009. 11 years is not enough time to achieve the homogeneity that US citizens have from being single(dual at most) language, single currency & no borders for hundreds of years. Not to mention the similar pan US TV they all shared for decades.

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Re:Studying the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on globa... by vinay427 on Sunday January 31, 2021 @04:41PM (#25982824)

To be fair, this applies even more directly to the parent of the comment you replied to (GP), which asserted that you get a passport after 5 years. That's true in a few European countries but explicitly false in many others.

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