The US was actively trying to get whatever talent they could out of the USSR. It’s called brain drain, and it’s an effective way to prevent rival countries from growing.
Last I checked, people with brains have legs. Unless this happens through mass kidnapping, the best way to do this is to have a good place to live.
Brain drain happened during the Nazi uprising, in 2025 after MAGA took over, and it happens at many game companies that treat their employees badly. But it’s generally poor management and a simple external invitation, not a “stealing” effort.
It’s easy to provide a good place to live when you’ve got tons of wealth. Just because the US treats some people well to score political points, doesn’t mean it’s a better place to live overall. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, you can see how the US acts when there’s no competition. Wealth inequality soars, civil rights get rolled back, social services get cut, and the cost of living goes crazy, including the cost of schooling that was supposed to put us ahead. It’s why the US screams endlessly about how dangerous China is, because they don’t want competition that would require them to provide some benefits for their peasants so they can continue thinking the US is “the greatest country in the world”.
The US was actively trying to get whatever talent they could out of the USSR. It’s called brain drain, and it’s an effective way to prevent rival countries from growing.
Last I checked, people with brains have legs. Unless this happens through mass kidnapping, the best way to do this is to have a good place to live.
Brain drain happened during the Nazi uprising, in 2025 after MAGA took over, and it happens at many game companies that treat their employees badly. But it’s generally poor management and a simple external invitation, not a “stealing” effort.
It’s easy to provide a good place to live when you’ve got tons of wealth. Just because the US treats some people well to score political points, doesn’t mean it’s a better place to live overall. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, you can see how the US acts when there’s no competition. Wealth inequality soars, civil rights get rolled back, social services get cut, and the cost of living goes crazy, including the cost of schooling that was supposed to put us ahead. It’s why the US screams endlessly about how dangerous China is, because they don’t want competition that would require them to provide some benefits for their peasants so they can continue thinking the US is “the greatest country in the world”.