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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by kakacik on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:53AM (#50441229)
Its fine, QoL is anyway in many aspects higher in many parts of Europe (no, not salaries but overall quality and happiness definitely, triple that if you have family with kids or ever plan one).

Maybe smart folks don't want to be in racist xenophobic regime which marks them as undesirables from Day 1, run by publicly voted-in outright senile pedophile who managed to insult every single human being currently living at least once, mostly much more. It happens with narcistic egomaniacs, quite a lot in fact.

Since folks willingly voted in such person twice as the best person under the sun to represent and rule them, it tells something not-so-nice about future that even many not-too-smart folks catch easily.

At least that would be my logic if I would be in such situation. I never was since US was never an option for me, Switzerland offers much more for me than US ever could. And my taxes are not used for mass murder and start failed wars half around the globe, a small but significant detail. Most scientists have more morals than typical faaangs of these days from my experience.

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by Varelion on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @09:57AM (#50441302)
Objectively correct statement. Flagged. What a joke.
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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:05AM (#50441410)
If you think that the comment you're responding to is even a tiny bit objective, I'd encourage you to take a break from Internet ragebait. I'm no friend of the Trump regime, but that doesn't mean I have to endorse people posting furious substance-free rants.
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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by WarmWash on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:12AM (#50441522)
I mean, the rant makes sense if your view of the US comes purely from social media.
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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by Varelion on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @11:52AM (#50442942)
Or a policy angle. Or a real person living in the US angle.
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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by SpicyLemonZest on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:28PM (#50443403)
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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by WarmWash on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @10:12AM (#50441514)
QoL in Europe is better if you are a below average to average earner. Many excellent perks and social benefits to cover things that are usually very expensive.

QoL in the US is better if you are an average to above earner, and dramatically better if you are are high earner (like SWE's). In large part why the US brain drained so much talent from Europe over the last 30 years.

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Re:The U.S. Is Driving Away Young Scientists by c0nducktr on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @12:28PM (#50443401)
> QoL in Europe is better if you are a below average to average earner.

So better for the majority of people then.

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