Europe has a 'real opportunity' to take in Americans fleeing Trump. Is it ready for a 'brain drain'?
Europe has a 'real opportunity' to take in Americans fleeing Trump. Is it ready for a 'brain drain'?
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Anybody who offers asylum to transgender Americans will find their computer security capabilities increasing drastically.
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True, but if their need for socks are not adequately met, they will migrate on.
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Financial experts are seeing a spike in affluent working Americans looking to resettle in Europe.
Arielle Tucker is the founder of Connected Financial Planning, a company that helps Americans relocate to Europe.
Tucker received more than 30 new American clients in the week after Trump’s reelection, a level of interest that’s been sustained throughout the last few months.
Many of Tucker’s clients are in their mid-30s or early 40s and work in executive roles in tech, pharmaceuticals or finance.Yet again, the average working-class person is left behind to suffer the worst effects of the policies that these people largely voted for and now cowardly run from.
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I don't think all or even most of the affluent 30-40 year olds with executive roles in tech, pharmaceuticals or finance voted for Trump. The ones that did vote Trump are quite likely still fond of him.
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I hope everybody that can leave will leave. Sadly, I am stuck here because my dumb ass just retired and even if I was not retired I doubt any country in Europe would want a dude with a Masters in English and MFA in creative writing. I guess I will just sit up here in WNC and watch it all burn. At least I have everything paid for. Good luck, everyone, as the markets open to a dumpster fire today.
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If you're done with seeing everything burn you could consider moving to a place in the US where less stuff is on fire. Also, the flames might inspire you to do some real good writing, who knows.
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Masters in English is great in countries that don't speak it as their first language. Most people with it got a job right after graduating, some even earlier.
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I doubt any country in Europe would want a dude with a Masters in English and MFA in creative writing
Don’t be too sure! We’ll need to build a lot of digital services if we want to end our reliance on US big tech, and digital services need a lot of copywriting…
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You're retired?
Better do that thing where old people retire in Europe what I keep hearing so often about!
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Any discussion of brain drain has the assumption baked in that only affluent people will be able to get in. "You're not educated? Back to burgerland with you!"
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Can uneducated US citizens get an EU work permission?
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It is also very different with a brain drain in developing countries. But I do think it's fair to say there is a lot of people who cannot afford to move, and in that way this is more like a wealth drain.
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The article does a poor job explaining why people smart enough to want to leave Trump's America world contribute to a "brain drain".
The dumb Americans are currently more proud and happy than they've ever been, and they will not be attempting to migrate to Europe.
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Europe barely has sufficient capacity to engage its own educated labor, you think importing America's surplus is a good idea?
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As long as one of the entry requirements is proof of an average IQ-level and the presence of critical thinking skills, sure
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As long they have a university degree they should probably be fine. The red MAGA hats have a tendency to hate education.
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I’m not sure if they would get that many. It’s definitely tempting and could be more realistic if it continues to get worse in the US, but isn’t the EU hurting more from all this than the US is?
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The American economy is like a classic Ford Mustang. It goes really hard on the straights, but if you run into something you crash hard.
The European economy is like a Volvo. It's not really fast, not that maneuverable, but full of seatbelts, airbags and crumple zones so if you hit something you probably walk away.
Paraphrased from Mark Blyth.
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Correct, the fallout from the US is creating the uncertainty with the EU market.
The difference is the EU market will recover, over time. The US market will not.
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Yeah what we need is more racist libs, we dont have enough.
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The driving motivation to leave the US seems to be that (these individuals) they're getting older and astronomical healthcare costs in the US are going to be protected by the system and elite.
There may be lower tax rates in the US per se but the US healthcare scam is an off-the-books tax, that isn't coming down.
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LOL you mean Europe willingly taking in refugees? What are you Smoking?
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