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> The next time someone talks about restricting immigration, show them this: Nearly half of America’s billion-dollar startups were founded by people born outsid
by Cakez0r 3mo ago
> The next time someone talks about restricting immigration, show them this: Nearly half of America’s billion-dollar startups were founded by people born outside the United States.
I don't think the people that talk about restricting immigration care about the number of billion dollar companies that immigrants create
- comrade1234 3mo agoIf anything they would love to stick it to them and maybe even steal a bit of those billions for themselves.
- kylecazar 3mo agoI think they would likely use it as further evidence
- pasquinelli 3mo agobeyond not caring. that little factoid would turn a lot of people into xenophobes.
- watwut 3mo agoYou use Elon Musk as argument there and everyone left of center will join call for retroactive immigration restriction.
- happytoexplain 3mo agoYeah, I don't think people of any country would appreciate being told that foreigners are better than them in some way, and that's why they should be brought in. I think most people would not assume that successful companies would be much rarer without those people - only that other people would be founding them.
- pseudalopex 3mo agoMost people don't care how many billion dollar companies anyone creates in my experience.