>From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: cultural imperialism
>Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:14:15 -0500
>I'm curious, though. You're from someone else, and are here. Other
>folks on this list who are full of criticism of the U.S. were born
>elsewhere and are here. Why? Mainly for economic reasons? Family
>reasons? School reasons? Or is there something else that attracts you
>(plural) about U.S. society?
Ah, the old "if you don't like the US, why are you here" question.
The sleight-of-hand is that the criticism is on US foreign policy and the response is predicated on US domestic policy.
But what's the follow-up? If maquiladoras are so bad, why do Mexicans flock to work in them?
But to the extent the question isn't trolling, you might read about why Germany is having a hard time getting Indian software professionals. As I recall, they prefer to go to the US bc it's less white and the taxes are lower.
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