The fact of the matter is, there is nowhere else for them to go. You would never see the same gains building a startup in Europe that you would in the US. Similar to India and China. Africa is a nonstarter. So, where are you going to go?

Almost every YC startup has underperformed once public. China has BYD to Tesla. What startups and innovation would you hold as an example that can’t be done elsewhere? Or is innovation vs some sort of grift or pyramid scheme (crypto)?

I’ve helped people leave for Canada, Europe, and Australia. There will always be developed countries for people to flee to for safe lives. But this idea that the US has robust macroeconomic competition from the world in the near term does not hold up. It’s messaging and a narrative to get favorable labor immigration treatment for self serving reasons, no more.