History keeps showing what happens when a country pushes away its scientists, teachers, and thinkers.
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So the Nazis went to USA & are now sneaking back to Europe?
(The above was ofc sarcasm, but the rise of altrightbullshittery in EU is kinda scary.)
My personal opinion is that alt-right is rising world-wide because democratic governments forgot that the way we eradicated radical ideologies post-ww2 was through making life of average person bearable. Radical ideologies can't find fertile ground among people who own their own homes, who can support whole family with a single job.
And if current solution to alt-right will be to just start wars, raise taxes and double down on policing... it will only give them more fuel.
alt-right is rising world-wide
Not really. China doesn't have such a problem, fascism in China is outlawed from the start. Europe could do the same (we've had precedent of parties being made illegal for being pro-Russian for example) but chooses not to.
the way we eradicated radical ideologies post-ww2 was through making life of average person bearable
"Operation Gladio was the codename for clandestine "stay-behind" operations of armed resistance that were organized by the Western Union (WU; founded in 1948), and subsequently by NATO (formed in 1949), and by the CIA (established in 1947), in collaboration with several European intelligence agencies during the Cold War. [...] According to several Western European researchers, the operation involved the use of assassination, psychological warfare, and false flag operations to delegitimize left-wing parties in Western European countries and to support anti-communist militias and right-wing terrorism who tortured communists and assassinated them."
Funny how we never have intelligence agency campaigns assassinating far-right leaders, capitalism reserves this treatment for lefties.
not a bug, a feature
Fascism is a top-down ideology. It happens when capitalists feel that ordinary people are close to demanding a more equitable society, and they use it to divide society and assert their own authority. It is often described as a petit-bourgoise ideology because that is where the fascist capitalists find the most fertile ground - people who used to be able to afford a good life, but who can't anymore. Of course, the irony is that the reason they can't afford a good life is because the capitalists are siphoning off more and more of the wealth.
I think (the reason to what are you describing, and that I agree with) it's more to do with how in any democracy needs constant work from the people (not once evey few years a popularity contest) & how it's always, at all times naturally threatened by individuals seeking power. If you one too many times don't act in time you get an autocratic gov (that it might take a lot more than voting to defeat).
Basically oblivious demos vs the rich class radicalising political/pubic systems (deregulation etc) so serve their short-term financial gain.
I recently watched this NOVA bit about power struggles in Athens (something I knew about prob 30 years ago):
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Constant work on democracy is not really possible for people who already spend way too much time of the day surviving, working.
And those who don't need to work to survive probably aren't that interested in democracy working...
Yes, that is what I was basically implying.
And that is due to wealth concentration:
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I know it may seem that way, but I think you have too much trust in EU. And I am living in the EU myself.
EU definitely is also playing around with totalitarianism and fascistic tendencies. It's just they're able to get away with it under guise of "think of the children", which happens to actually be widely accepted argumentation in EU, as opposed to the US where you can literally befriend the most well known PDF file and still become the president.
Also, we have lots of doofuses here that legitimately adore the mango man and his crew. I'm really not sure why that would be, but it clearly is (go to any legacy social media and see it for yourself).
I think we're in a stage of global regression of the mind. People starting to believe totalitarianism is necessary. The only country I've heard that actually firmly stands against USA here in EU is Spain.
The EU is not a single, compact entity. It’s some member states who are playing dangerously with far right forces. Which we must fight to defeat.
But even the proto-fascist Melloni is (by now) far away from the shit Americans have to endure.
Can you elaborate on how you think the EU is "playing around with totalitarianism and fascistic tendencies".
I cannot believe this question is in good faith. Can you start with providing your own interpretation of what it might mean? This ensures you're not just a sea lion.
I wish it was easier to leave and immigrate. It's actually incredibly arduous to get all the paperwork needed for a passport, work visas, international application, etcetcetc.
Especially if you have family. Especially if you don't have a perfect little life. Needing to get documents or information from shitty relatives.... Try getting birth certs when you don't know where to look. You need that for a passport. Try getting a child a passport when their biofather is an absentee.
I'm assuming you're from the US based on your post. If so, you should be able to obtain a copy of your birth certificate online directly from the state you were born in for a small fee. Search online for "(your state) vital records." No shitty relative interaction required.
The passport thing for a child with absentee parents is a bit more difficult but can be done. I believe you need either a notarized affidavit or court order to accompany the child's passport application. Good luck.
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Got the musk picture perfect. He looks demented and incredibly stupid
funny thing hes an illegal alien that got his citizen ship through illegal means, but us doesnt follow on these types of things apparently.
Yet also how he probably imagined himself in that moment.
I was watching a deep space nine episode about a Holodeck program where a spy character comes up against a super villain.
The super villain had captured the worlds top scientists and was destroying the planet to make a private island where he could and the scientist could start again. It was very Ayn Rand coded and reminded me of Elon Musk and other billionaire Capitalist Fascists ruining the planet.
But this doesn't necessarily mean that Europe has tons of science jobs to offer, esp. for the usually young people who use the fediverse.
Europe did set aside a huge chunk of funding to attract the fleeing American scientists
We're doing our best to seize this moment and offer exactly that. Funds have been strategically released to benefit from this.
stem jobs are pretty much hard to come by , theres very little job market even in the states for fresh graduates, hence the unemployment problems, since alot of people go for CS, psych, bio/biotech(not nursing or teach). most of the current ones are looking for phd with experience, and everyones only looking for graduate degrees, because most employers rather not spend money/time to train a fresh graduate on low level work(very lazy), this is a catch22. there are jobs out there for undergrads, but its quite limited.
EU and countries (national funds or direct budgets) do have plans to invest in certain industries with perhaps more emphasis on manufacturing (which includes the war industry).
The plans are there & the funding discussions too (eg how to get financial industry like pension funds to invest).
The big questions surround the big investments, like chip & (atm*) battery production (it makes sense to have one or a few big investments, but not like 10s od high-end chips manufacturers).
*battery manufacturing should at some point become an ezv standard, but not that soon
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Unfortunately, Europeans are as saturated with xenophobia as their American peers. And given their reflexive return to austerity and immigration restrictions, it's going to be harder and harder for Americans to cross the Atlantic.
Poll Shows Majority of Swiss Support 10-Million Population Cap Initiative
‘We did everything they wanted’: The American families caught in Italy’s citizenship crackdown
France’s new government pledges hardline stance on migration as it cozies up to far right
Meanwhile...
In the race to attract the world’s smartest minds, China is gaining on the US
Mexico looks to US and beyond to recruit staff and students
The pathway out of the US is increasingly looking like a pathway into the Global South.
Mexico looks to US and beyond to recruit staff and students
Just got on the way to universal healthcare and the tacos are pretty good too.
The pathway out of the US is increasingly looking like a pathway into the Global South.
Except we're in the transitional period between American and Chinese hegemonies, so there's not much demand for Western scientists just yet. Places looking to radically improve their standing in the new world order don't quite have the demand for foreign scientists that the West does/used to have just yet. While cream of the crop researchers will be able to do pretty well for themselves, I think we're about a generation away from a time when a "normal" above average Western scientist or engineer will be able to move to the (at this point former) Global South without taking a large hit to their quality of life.
Yep
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DONT FOrget the red scare, at least for some chinese scientist, fled the state and developed fission-fusion hydrogen bomb for the ccp.
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