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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 46 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Brain drain is a difficult downward spiral to break out of once it starts.

[–] verdare@piefed.blahaj.zone 21 points 2 days ago

This is something I think a lot of people don’t realize; It’s a cascading failure. It’s not just that some competent people will leave the country. The rest of their teams will have to bear the extra burden and be demoralized. They will then feel compelled to leave as well.

It’s happened numerous times in both the public and private sectors. Now they’re deliberately trying to do this shit on a national scale. If we ever recover from this, it’s going to take decades…