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0 pointspault8y ago0 comments

They can learn how to manufacture high quality products for the global market easier than the US can grow a billion people. Food for thought.

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vl8y ago· 2 in thread

US can grow to a billion+ people easily, it's just standard of living would be abysmal.

beamatronic8y ago

It just occurred to me that under extreme circumstances the US could force a worldwide brain drain overnight by relaxing immigration standards to allow anyone with a college degree on a fast track to a green card.

khuey8y ago

If our political system were run by cold-blooded technocrats that would be an interesting way of competing with China.

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