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Trump sides with Musk in H-1B fight
(www.axios.com)
The president made a statement, and trump agreed.
Looks like Musk has the dirt on how the election was actually won. He has all the leverage he needs.
Or trump just sides with the money. It's not always a conspiracy and it's a disservice to believe there is.
I think it is exactly this simple: money.
The entire congress can be bought either outright or with the threat of a primary challenger that is extremely well funded. That will get whoever the ultra-rich wants in line.
We are entirely screwed. I hope I’m wrong though.
I had a conversation with a coworker about this a while ago. He said that something he liked about trump was that he already had money so he wouldn't be able to be bought. I said that he has it exactly backwards. The kind of people who amass that amount of wealth in our society have felt the power of large wealth firsthand and know that more money is always better for them. Increasing the number in their bank account becomes exponentially more important, the higher it goes. The wealthy have proven their utmost allegiance to wealth, so they'll be the first to sell out.
There's an exchange in The Simpsons that has never stopped being relevant:
- You know, Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know. Way richer than Lenny.
- Oh, yes. But I'd trade it all for a little more.
Imagine betting that your prepper neighbor with 30 guns won't buy a 31st gun "because he already has so many".
Not necessarily. Trump can't pass legislation without Republican support in Congress, and those peope have their own values (and bribery goals). All of this before he takes power, and his power is only good for the next two years anyway.
Why two years? You think at the midterm Congress is gonna flip? Why not four assuming there’s still a presidential election…
Thermostatic voting
Thermostatic voting relies on fair and open elections, which there is no guarantee of in the US with the incoming congress and executive branch.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_suppression_in_the_United_States
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerrymandering_in_the_United_States
The man sent a literal mob to attack the capital, has been convicted of multiple crimes, and openly admitted to more. Teflon Don doesn't care about dirt.
No
Correct. He has the dirt on how trump rapes children.
We all already do, and the electorate didn't care.
That’s why they voted for him.
💲💲💲
Musk does apparently have a spy network, too. There was a podcast series on it....Elon's Spies.
350 million people in the US and none of them are talented enough for this guy. The government had 350 million chances to educate and professionalize, and here we are outsourcing to India because Musk isn't happy with the current crop.
Lmao
H1B workers kept Twitter from imploding. They couldn’t quit unless they had a new job lined up. They couldn’t complain about having to sleep in the office or they might get deported.
Native US workers could just walk out.
This is why Muskrat loves visa workers
That's because this crop doesn't want to work for tree fiddy and on 4h of sleep every day. How is he gonna wipe his tears with money if he has to pay people?
We don't want to work for him or for what he's offering.
And of course is has nothing to do with talent and training at all, the US (and many others) created the system where you put yourself into huge debts to get the education the companies need from you, and then they also don't want to pay you a wage that will allow you to live comfortably and crawl out of that debt.
So then they buy the government and arrange for people with similar education, who are more desperate, less informed of labour laws and unable to switch jobs when they get here.
Right?
Let there be no mistake, it's not about talent so much as it is about keeping wages low. Many tech companies do this explicitly, especially since interest rates rose and investing money stopped being free.
Anecdotally, I was at a company and was instructed not to hire in the US. I could choose Montréal, a few countries in Europe, or Isreal.
US was off limits, not enough budget.
Many of them have been doing this shit since the 90s. When I read about how "we no find coderz in the U.S!" I know it's complete horse manure. I suppose there are some niche fields where it might actually be hard to source certain types of engineers or what have you.
But seriously, programming? You cannot find that locally? GTFO with that...
For a brief blip there I hoped that agent orange might actually blow up H-1B, even if for the wrong reasons, but this outcome (moneyed interests calling the tune) is entirely expected, I guess. Even if his racist base haaaaaates it.
Of course because hes a subby wubby bottom cuck boy so he does what master says
Wow, he didn't even wait until inauguration to stab his dipshit cultists in the back...
Now his minions will struggle to change their rhetoric to figure out how they agree with him.
Like I told my buddy earlier. Give Murdoch 2 weeks and they'll fall in line.
Oh no damn that sucks; sad I thought he cared about you :(
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