There are two sides to the brain drain. First are the researchers into things the government doesn’t like, who will leave if they have the means to.
But the second is that with all of our hostility to foreign nationals right now, even the ones who come from countries the government likes will think twice about applying for positions here.
The net result is that the brightest minds will go elsewhere.
It’s like a federal version of the same thing red states were doing. I left a rust belt state over a decade ago because it was clear the state was going down the tubes.
There are two sides to the brain drain. First are the researchers into things the government doesn’t like, who will leave if they have the means to.
But the second is that with all of our hostility to foreign nationals right now, even the ones who come from countries the government likes will think twice about applying for positions here.
The net result is that the brightest minds will go elsewhere.
It’s like a federal version of the same thing red states were doing. I left a rust belt state over a decade ago because it was clear the state was going down the tubes.
They’re making America Mississippi again (MAMA).
And thats exactly the plan. An idiocracy thats easy to control and exploit.
There are also all those, in both humanities and sciences, whose projects or departments are denied funding for ideological reasons.