I would like to rediscuss the idea that expanding already high levels of immigration & transnational interdependence is *obviously* *always* a good thing, and that that the *only* reasons not to do so are xenophobia, racism, stupidity and selfishness. Now would be a fine time.
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9. My best model of your position is some kind of Straussian-cynical thing, like "Chinese grad students are obviously not going to be personally powerful in US society, because they're foreign, so this diminishes the power of scientists as a class, relative to other classes."
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10. like, maybe "by *selectively* being more immigrant-friendly in STEM fields, the actual effect is to weaken the bargaining power of the American STEM bloc relative to other political blocs." LMK if this is a mischaracterization?
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I have a few arguments, some good, some not: 1) Some people regard nation-states as fully analogous to municipal governments, and movement between them as "not a big deal". Others regard changing nationality the way they regard marriage. %
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2) Some people treat the cluster structure of nationality as real. People on the edge of belonging cause "is Pluto really a planet?"-type cognitive dissonance to them. Those who are not cautious may want to kill'emall just to sweep the counterexamples under the rug. %
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