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0 pointstrhway10d ago0 comments

Immigration is the solution. Producing a child and getting it college educated costs, to the parents and society, $400K+ (a 22 years ordeal with a lot of risks like the child growing into a drug user, criminal, etc.) Bringing in a college graduate immigrant - close to $0 in 0 time.

The same way like production of any products - if it is significantly cheaper to manufacture it say in China, it will be manufactured in China and imported, no matter what tariffs are, while domestic production will go down with overall increase of the efficiency of our civilization as a result.

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satvikpendem10d ago· 1 in thread

You can only immigrate a finite number of people. People in those countries also are below replacement like India which is unprecedented. This is nothing to say of the social backlash mass immigration seems to be having across many countries.

trhwayOP10d ago

>You can only immigrate a finite number of people.

The same like with any imports. Market responds to demand. China has 50M university students, US - 20M. That means that upon achieving US percentage (in probably 5-10 years) China can be having 80M students - sufficient enough to have some of that satisfy US demand for college graduates.

> People in those countries also are below replacement like India which is unprecedented.

Quick google shows that population growth in India is considered a problem, and so they actively trying to decrease birth rate.

>This is nothing to say of the social backlash mass immigration seems to be having across many countries.

Any technological (and mass migration is a result of technological progress) shifts and its consequences cause social stress. Successful societies adapt.

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