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Anything that can be used to exercise power over another person is political, including (and increasingly so as our society progresses) technology.
i've abandoned a lot of websites just to avoid being reminded/thinking about this reality. and yes, i know that my behavior is going to be a growing problem that enables the problems. it sucks. but no one else is gonna protect my mental health. therefore........ i dislike politics on HN.
Thanks for your perspective.
I noticed my YouTube feed on desktop keeps political videos in a single band, just “below the fold”. I can handle that. I blink, and move on.
I trust about an hour of NPR radio to let me know if the sky is falling, and that lets my mind skip over content that leaks elsewhere.
Cost of life here is lower and life is nice. You get your pick of a country; many are different and give you access to different cultures across the EU.
Of course don’t get me wrong, things are veering far-right here as well, but it’s nothing compared to the US and you’ll be shocked how much nicer life is when you can walk to get groceries instead of having to bring your pickup truck.
In a few years, when things have calmed down (they eventually will), you can go back and help fix whatever mess the US has been left in.
And as usual if you do want to take up the opportunity of moving to Europe and you’re serious about it, feel free to email me (see profile), I will do what I can to guide and advise you.
Belgium has significant opportunities for software developers? Interesting. I thought many were struggling for these jobs.
By the way, in the United States, most of the backlash against immigrants is against low skill, immigrants sneaking across the border. I find it interesting that you mention that you are welcoming of people that you need, yet you imply that those that don’t want unneeded laborers are right wing. You just made the same error. So you’re right wing too, right?
Belgium is one of the most densely populated countries in the world so you won't find many places that are too far from a supermarket to walk to.
Anyway, comparing a small country like Belgium (approximately the size of the state of Maryland) to a huge vast country like the United States is not a valid comparison.
I find this hard to believe based on my lived experience in the southeast US. Where I live, there are stores a moderate walk away (still over a km) that are completely unreachable from where people live because they require crossing 4-6 lanes of traffic with no crosswalk or pedestrian route.
> Anyway, comparing a small country like Belgium (approximately the size of the state of Maryland) to a huge vast country like the United States is not a valid comparison.
This is a valid point.
I don't welcome or reject any "type" of migrant, because I don't work in politics nor at any of the public institutions in charge of this. What I said is factual: Belgium, as well as most countries, /will/ be welcoming of high-skill migrants for jobs that are in-demand (and are likely to be a budget positive), and less welcoming towards people who do not have a prospect to get a job (and are likely to be a budget negative).
This isn't a political statement, nor is it me being more or less welcoming of people. If you want my personal feelings: the people I'm less tolerant/welcoming for are those that have been so used to picking political fights with everybody, and who are in such an advanced state of Facebook-brainrot, that they see political statements everywhere, such as in a harmless HN thread offering assistance to people who want to move. Those, I don't want in my country. They can go take a swim in their favourite Gulf.
And then you bring in an ad hominem attack against me for responding to your nonsense and trying to educate you about the reasons behind some of the frustration in the United States regarding immigration. It seems as though you don’t care or wanna know so I’m done and that’s fine.
I have long-enough lived in and have enough ties with the US to know how things are over there. OTOH I think it's incredibly unlikely you'd be able to teach me anything about how immigration works here in EU. Especially when you're busy trying to pick a political fight.
Hey, you want a political statement, here's a tip for you: It's possible for people to not be a single-issue right-winger. It's possible to be economically right wing, have negative opinions about how the EU is handling immigration, and /still/ be pro social safety nets and worker rights, and even so still think France for example has too many worker rights.
You guys have zero fuckin' notion of nuance.
Would have been better to see this with the previous administration to see what Biden really did during his time in office, or if he even did do anything significantly beneficial to the US other than funding more wars.
Here’s an idea: if this was so sorely needed under Biden then they could have written one themselves just like OP did!
I invite you to finally come out in the sunlight, and get reacquainted with the real world—where things are never quite as simple as picking up a magic wand and saying ‘No excuses’
You may be tempted to keep the treasure trove of recycled grievances handy though. Just don’t be surprised if the rest of us have moved past the idea that entire policies can be passed overnight by waving a presidential scepter.
The rest of us might still be stuck here dealing with pesky details like budgets, compromise, and, oh... reality.
You should try emerging and enjoying a breath of fresh air; rumor has it oxygen can do wonders for one’s outlook.
That was more like something he threw out for the clueless/media to get stuck on while he works unimpeded on everything else.
OG source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
I was able to find this article from UCSB: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-the-bid....
Hopefully, this answers your question. Probably not the best source of information since citations are not right next to claims, but most of the claims seem easy to independently verify.
Title of article starts with the word “fact sheet”. Uh-oh red flag in my book. Reeks of elitism and overconfidence.
First paragraph starts by making excuses for Biden because there was an epidemic and labels it as a “historic” recovery.
Is that really the best you could come up with? How is this any better than a right wing rag starting off with the Hunter Biden story?
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