The European Commission acknowledges its interest in the ‘opportunity’ generated by the cuts and obstacles promoted by the Republican administration
  • rumschlumpel@feddit.orgEnglish
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    28 days ago

    I’ll be pleasantly surprised if the EU and its members don’t fumble this opportunity (both for themselves and for the scientists). Many EU countries are having a resurgence of anti-immigration sentiments and e.g. in Germany the immigration bureaucracy was already extremely awful before the recent shift to the right - it’s one thing to be shitty and stupid about refugees, but by what I hear from friends who have personal experiences it’s pretty bad for highly qualified people, too.

    • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      28 days ago

      Mass immigration is literally insane, and betrays a fundamental lack of understanding about what societies actually require in order to function. I’m strongly suspicious these policies are being pushed by technocrats who want computers to take over managing social interactions, and so they need to ruin the natural state of real world public spaces so people have nowhere else to go.

      • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        27 days ago

        So you’re saying you consider a visit to the park to be “ruined” if you happen to see an immigrant? I don’t think the immigrant is the one with the problem here…

        • Ogmios@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          27 days ago

          You know, at some point you’re going to actually have to engage with people honestly, if you actually want to see a good tomorrow.