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And it’s as fantastically unmoderated as the last few! Features all the uninformed, hysterical, xenophobic, nationalist arguments by Very Smart Techbros.

including this absolute banger:

Racists aren’t irrational actors or evil people. They simply have higher affinity for their tribe, and that’s okay. Sometimes it takes for self-interests to be threatened, for bigoted & tribal behaviors to manifest in a loud manner. Again, that’s okay. Americans are the ones who gave a negative connotation to to words like bigot and racists. In the rest of world, tribal & bigoted behaviors are an accepted norm. We’re all racists sometimes. But, American tech workers are definitely at their racist-est on h1b threads.

“Your honor, I’m not a killer. I simply have a higher affinity for violence. And that’s okay.”¹

Heck, even Sergey Brin doesn’t get a Good Immigrant cookie:

My understanding is Sergey was just along for the ride and Larry was the one with the unique insights (pagerank) and led Google through the early years as CEO.

As a person who’s both benefitted and suffered under the H1-B, I don’t think I’d be alone if I said that it’s in dire need of reform and not the "regulatory theater that I’d see with each administration. The system is broken and only serves upper management and shareholders.