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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

If there's any smart university women wanting to leave, my city apparently has a decent university. Wink wink.

ร…bo University

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

LOL you mean Europe willingly taking in refugees? What are you Smoking?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

The article does a poor job explaining why people smart enough to want to leave Trump's America world contribute to a "brain drain".

The dumb Americans are currently more proud and happy than they've ever been, and they will not be attempting to migrate to Europe.

[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I do NOT want to be overrun by degenerate yanks, thank you very much

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Doubtful the UK will be first choice for many Americans after it neutered itself with Brexit.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Don't worry, the degenerates don't want to leave. They're happy with how things are going.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

The driving motivation to leave the US seems to be that (these individuals) they're getting older and astronomical healthcare costs in the US are going to be protected by the system and elite.

There may be lower tax rates in the US per se but the US healthcare scam is an off-the-books tax, that isn't coming down.

[โ€“] [email protected] 51 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Anybody who offers asylum to transgender Americans will find their computer security capabilities increasing drastically.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

True, but if their need for socks are not adequately met, they will migrate on.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Europe barely has sufficient capacity to engage its own educated labor, you think importing America's surplus is a good idea?

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Financial experts are seeing a spike in affluent working Americans looking to resettle in Europe.
Arielle Tucker is the founder of Connected Financial Planning, a company that helps Americans relocate to Europe.
Tucker received more than 30 new American clients in the week after Trumpโ€™s reelection, a level of interest thatโ€™s been sustained throughout the last few months.
Many of Tuckerโ€™s clients are in their mid-30s or early 40s and work in executive roles in tech, pharmaceuticals or finance.

Yet again, the average working-class person is left behind to suffer the worst effects of the policies that these people largely voted for and now cowardly run from.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I don't think all or even most of the affluent 30-40 year olds with executive roles in tech, pharmaceuticals or finance voted for Trump. The ones that did vote Trump are quite likely still fond of him.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As long as one of the entry requirements is proof of an average IQ-level and the presence of critical thinking skills, sure

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

As long they have a university degree they should probably be fine. The red MAGA hats have a tendency to hate education.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Iโ€™m not sure if they would get that many. Itโ€™s definitely tempting and could be more realistic if it continues to get worse in the US, but isnโ€™t the EU hurting more from all this than the US is?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The American economy is like a classic Ford Mustang. It goes really hard on the straights, but if you run into something you crash hard.

The European economy is like a Volvo. It's not really fast, not that maneuverable, but full of seatbelts, airbags and crumple zones so if you hit something you probably walk away.

Paraphrased from Mark Blyth.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I hope everybody that can leave will leave. Sadly, I am stuck here because my dumb ass just retired and even if I was not retired I doubt any country in Europe would want a dude with a Masters in English and MFA in creative writing. I guess I will just sit up here in WNC and watch it all burn. At least I have everything paid for. Good luck, everyone, as the markets open to a dumpster fire today.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

You're retired?

Better do that thing where old people retire in Europe what I keep hearing so often about!

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Masters in English is great in countries that don't speak it as their first language. Most people with it got a job right after graduating, some even earlier.

[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

If you're done with seeing everything burn you could consider moving to a place in the US where less stuff is on fire. Also, the flames might inspire you to do some real good writing, who knows.

sometimes all you can do is hang in there

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I doubt any country in Europe would want a dude with a Masters in English and MFA in creative writing

Donโ€™t be too sure! Weโ€™ll need to build a lot of digital services if we want to end our reliance on US big tech, and digital services need a lot of copywritingโ€ฆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you can read/write English natively, you can be useful in catching awkward turns of phrase that a French/German/Dutch/etc. speaker fluent in English might still miss.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Unlikely to get you a job. Most countries either have a lot of people fluent in English who are better than native speakers or will expect you to know their local language to work there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah what we need is more racist libs, we dont have enough.

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Any discussion of brain drain has the assumption baked in that only affluent people will be able to get in. "You're not educated? Back to burgerland with you!"

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It is also very different with a brain drain in developing countries. But I do think it's fair to say there is a lot of people who cannot afford to move, and in that way this is more like a wealth drain.