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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by carlosjobim on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @05:43PM (#36513035)
That's what I'm getting at a little bit. Everybody wants to be the business owner and then demand that cheap labour should materialize, ready to work for them. Ideally working just during the season when they're needed and then get lost.

They need a constant stream of desperate people to abuse in order for that business model to work out - and I guess that's why farming historically has been the main industry for slavery. Or a family business where the profits of cheap labour one day ends up in the hands of the labourer when he inherits the farm.

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Re:Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-jo... by randomdata on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @08:46PM (#36514888)
> Everybody wants to be the business owner and then demand that cheap labour should materialize, ready to work for them.

I don't know if the labour is cheap, exactly. Tech is kind of an outlier among few other careers in the level of pay. I expect being a farmhand would still be my second best choice in terms of pay opportunity.

Of course, being the owner is more fun. The thrill of the gamble is like no other.

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