slt2021 4 days ago

You are a product of a neo-colonialist system.

In the age of knowledge work, brain drain from poor countries to rich countries is no different than stealing oil or gold resources.

Yes it works well for you, but that's because system is setup in that way.

Global capitalists are sharing a little bit of value with you so you remain content, while raping your country of all future potential by brain draining the nation.

In case the country decides to develop itself, instead of being a colony: they quickly reverse the election results and appoint their colonial administrator as president.

If you don't see the neocolonialism here, how capitalist is raping the future of your nation, I don't know how else to explain it to you

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Viliam1234 4 days ago | parent [-]

So what you suggest instead is that smart people from poor countries should stay where they are, even if it means they won't get the opportunity to fully use their talent (because that would be expensive, and the country does not have the money for that)? Like, maybe someone could go to USA and find a cure for cancer, but it's better if they stay in Romania and become e.g. a teacher instead?

During communism, many countries were literally surrounded by barbed wire to prevent their smartest people from escaping. But that didn't make those countries prosper. Yes, the smart people remained there, but they were not allowed to use their skills fully, so it didn't make a difference.

> If you don't see the neocolonialism here, how capitalist is raping the future of your nation, I don't know how else to explain it to you

You think communists raping you with a barbed wire is better? Maybe for the communists, but not for the people.

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slt2021 4 days ago | parent [-]

I think what China and India are doing is The right approach.

Gainthe knowledge, experience from capitalists, accumulate initial capital, then go back and build your own country once you have a name and expertise, connections, little bit of capital.

It doesn’t make sense for a Romanian to continue working for a capitalist and paying taxes that fund the genocide and oppression overseas. You are only making Zuckerbergs of this world a little bit more rich, instead of uplifting Romanian youth who are craving for someone like you to come and share expertise, knowledge, skills, jobs, etc.

Just bounce and lift up your own nation and be a hero for your own people, because for a global capitalist you are nobody - just another cost center and a line item in Excel spreadsheet, a potential for future cost cutting and offshoring.

A capitalist will forget about your existence after another round of layoff, but your own people will praise you forever

I think people who benefitted from elite-tier education in Romania, should feel some sense of civic duty to give something back to the country and to the education system, that sacrificed tens lf thousands of school students, and instead focused on providing You an elite olympic tier knowledge

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Viliam1234 3 days ago | parent [-]

By the way, China is for all practical purposes a capitalist country.

> go back and build your own country once you have a name and expertise

I agree that this would be a great outcome. But whether your country allows it or not, that depends on the country, not you.

	▲	slt2021 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Re China, I believe there is misunderstanding. China has free market economy, but China does not have big oligarchs running the country, the opposite of US. In China, political and economic leadership are separate. Country is ran by the party, while economy is ran by small-med-large companies fiercely competing among themselves. Any oligarch trying to get political influence is quickly shut down (jack ma). USA on the other hand are fully ran by the oligarchs, every single politician is beholden to special interest groups representing the big corporate capital, and nobody cares about the common man. Anyone trying to break into power representing the common man, at the expense of the big oligarchic capital, is quickly shut down (bernie)