Comment by bluegatty

1) The US has a much greater 'Elite Over Production' problem than does China. China produces a lot of people with decent education that can' find work but that's not 'Elite Overproduction'.

Frankly EO is just a sign of a developed nation.

2) "Anyone, from anywhere, with a STEM degree and a job offer from a US company, should be in this country"

Since when did citizenship become about 'Economic Production'?

The vast majority of the people of the world don't agree with this - and this is kind of one of the roots of disagreement over migration.

Yes - surely 'educated migrants' are good and helpful, but that's only part of the equation.

3) "If we don't do this, China and other up-and-coming nations will increasingly start to displace us"?

Displace you how exactly?

All of this hints of 'Nationalist Industrial Capitalism' with hints of fear mongering. "But China's Gonna Get Us!" ... listen I get it - but this card is played a bit too hard, too often.

Also absent is the fact that there's a need to help refugees etc.

The US surprisingly takes surprisingly few refugees in from conflicts zones, even those it calamities it participates in.

Consider that a 'Nation' is a 'Community' - not a 'Business Centre' and that education and economic competitiveness are just parts of that consideration.

Ultimately, it's a choice, and those points are not invalid, but probably should be contextualized in the grander scheme of how most people define their communities.