THX Elon, you finally did one good thing: start rightist infighting
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The real comedy is that they thought they'd get hired EVEN IF Elmo hired Americans. Vast majority of the magats barely even have a GED, let alone higher education
They didn't think they would get hired. They just didn't want any more foreigners let in.
Education has a known, liberal bias.
They forget that in a day or two. They literally have the mental capacity of a toddler.
Toddlers eventually learn though, and progress. Trumpy people a more like dogs: They can appear clever, but only up to a certain threshold. They may even perform useful tasks and tricks for their handlers. But ultimately they need someone to feed and supervise them otherwise they'll eat something they shouldn't and get sick. That same contented trot, and look of purpose you see on a dogs face while their owner walks them is what a republican gets when they're getting walked by fascists. Both the dog and the republican think they're part of a pack. Both the dog and the republican will be euthanized by their masters when they become too burdensome or they've outlived their usefulness.
"No one wants to work" has always had an unspoken "for the paltry wages I am offering" component to it.
Do you know why they don't like remote work? Eventually, you can remotely work for another country that pays more.
Or even just remotely work for other employers in the same country. For example, Dallas employers don't want compete with Silicon Valley employer salaries.
You know what I have always hated never actually understood? Its always people make different amounts of money in different parts of the country because it costs more to live there or something to that effect.
Ever since I was small this has pissed me off more than it should... Like we really don't have a better solution? As I got older I understood it more... But it just pisses me off. People shouldn't make less in one part of the country just because everyone wants to live in a different part of it...
Like it should be the opposite... Pay people the same everywhere give people the freedom to move and it will sort itself out..
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The pump and dump tech bro immigrants. Fleecing America.
So fitting as DOGE is named after a literal pump and dump shitcoin.
More like a memecoin. DOGE was pretty fun until dipshit Elon hijacked it.
How was it fun?
It was originally created as a parody of Bitcoin. The Doge community used to be mostly people making fun of crypto "investors".
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"We have a shortage of engineers!"
How do you know?
"Because they won't work for minimum wage!"
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And they do so for two reasons. The first, and most important, is because foreign labor is cheaper than domestic by far. The second, and arguably the most important for you and I, is because our education system sucks and can't pump out nearly as many well-educated folks in those particular fields at nearly the rate of countries with free, subsidized, or even just cheap education.
So the problem is twofold. The first, rent is too expensive and Americans know it. The second, school is too expensive and Americans know it. Americans also know that we can't actually fix those problems without something changing with how our political and economic systems operate, and that takes a revolution that nobody wants because they don't want to fight and die for their right to be exploited by an employer in place of an immigrant.
Lol this is a terrible take. You cant actually be an engineer, right?
Another lemmy user also pointed out the very different power dynamic between normal US workers and H1B workers (which I think is a more "saying the quiet part" than the cost to hire them being less). This is that a normal US worker losing their job (state dependent) could mean wrongful termination suits, compensation packages, and other worker benifits. H1B workers, termination means the runway to getting deported is now very short (because they are no longer working for their sponsor). Its extra leverage against the employee, meaning they can take advantage of them in ways that would make US workers take action against.
The likes of musk and co want workers who they have more leverage over. They can ask them to do more things against regulations, ethics or their own well being, because refusal to do so means they might as well start packing.
Yeah, it's less about education than it is control from what I have first hand experience in. Generally a us college grad is going to be a better employee than a H1B visa, although I'm sure there are exceptions. However, a college grad isn't beholden to an employer for their right to exist in this country. So a college grad is more likely to change jobs or push back on the employer for things like vacation time, pay, etc.
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A pessimistic view of education is that it's a subsidy for business. We use our taxes to train core skills in the workforce so it's cheaper to hire and use us.
They don't offer education as enrichment, and not even education as a competitive measure... like they aren't grounded in reality and even their fantasies suck.
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How do we know they realized anything?
As much as I want to enjoy posts like this one, I always ask myself this and it takes the joy out of it every time. It's just a nice fantasy that reminds me of the "Nobody in this room know I ..." meme.
It's always "MAGAs are losing their minds over ...", but never any explanation or sourcing.
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pssst - that flag and MAGA hat were made in China lol. Go USA!!!
I love seeing economic incels whine
You mean those who crave being fucked by the economy? :-)
I mean the losers who can't get a job and blame it everyone and everything else instead of themselves
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