02-15-2004, 10:57 PM | #1 (permalink) | ||||
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Creative Class War
The thesis of this Washington Monthly article is that the current political culture, brought on by the Republican party and the Bush White House, jeopardizes our long term prosperity by discouraging the immigration of talented individuals in all fields from other countries.
It's too long to post the whole thing, but I'll paraphrase. He starts out with this: Quote:
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02-15-2004, 11:19 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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To late to get into it bit by bit but I think its a bunch of bullshit.
Blame Bush for everything, (tech visas would be down perhaps because the whole tech industry is down?), ignore decenting views on his own (global climate change bit, the Kyoto treated was rejected by the senate 99-0 during Clinton's tenure), and when you call 90% of America 'hinterlands' you know you have a bug up your ass. I could rewrite the bit with "blue" patches representing the talent-laden, immigrant-rich creative centers that have largely propelled economic growth, and the "red" parts representing the economically lagging hinterlands. As with the "blue" patches representing the crime-laden, illegal immigrant rich, centers of welfare and economic inequity, and the "red' parts representing the traditional communities. Better watch out for dem rednecks, they don't look kindly to your kind in these hear parts.
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02-15-2004, 11:22 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Ok I just checked out the other articles from that site. It explains a lot. I'll start quoting NewsMax articles now
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02-16-2004, 12:08 AM | #4 (permalink) | |
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02-16-2004, 10:14 AM | #5 (permalink) | |
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Location: Fort Worth, TX
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I've got to side with Ustwo.
Bush is to blame for everything bad, Clinton was a god. Lets face it, he's an ultra-liberal cinematographer who's only political classes he's ever taken were probably required. The rural US isnt the "hinterland" as Ustwo put it. Quote:
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02-16-2004, 11:38 AM | #6 (permalink) |
Mencken
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Well, if you want to argue that rural america is a center of economic, cultural, and technological progress that drives our economy, be my guest.
And one more bit to clarify. The issue is cultural. Our society no longer sends the message that it wants to be on the cutting edge of engineering and biology. The most sophisticated stem cell research is going on in the UK right now. The tallest buildings are being built in Asia. In addition, other countries are more actively competing for the world's supply of human capital. Does a guy making a movie in New Zealand matter? Absolutely. Literally thousands of jobs, many of them technical, creative, and high paying were created simply because of this movie. Why do you think LA has so much prosperity? Culture is big business.
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02-16-2004, 12:13 PM | #7 (permalink) | |
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First off the US is still the center of research. In biology (my speciality) we often farm human projects out to places like Sweden, where the rules on human experimentation are less stringent, but the US is still the center of scientific research. Try going to an international research symposium, the US has about 1/2 of the projects, which when you think of how big the rest of the world is, says quite a bit don't you think? Also correlation does not equal causation. I am rather successful, I employ 15 people, and I live in a 'blue' area, but that doesn't make me a liberal democrat now does it? Take out the urban poor and see where blue and red line up.
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02-16-2004, 05:49 PM | #8 (permalink) |
Psycho
Location: Macon, GA
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What a biased report. The quotes from that article made so little economic sense that I'm not even going to get into it. Straight BS.
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