[raverbashing]

> Wait time?

So you don't know how long it takes to get an H1B and you want to talk about "reasonable standards"? That's funny

Getting a work visa to pretty much anywhere in the EU or Canada (or maybe even Australia) is quicker than an H1B.

[wyclif]

The key phrase there is "in the EU or Canada." But the point of the parent comment is that the USA isn't like those places and that there is such a thing as "American exceptionalism" in terms of having more entrepreneurs attracted enough to a culture of innovation to apply for visas.