[filleduchaos]

Unfortunately most of the audience here has no experience with the situation you're correctly describing.

I find it both funny and a bit frustrating when people try to impose standards from wealthy developed countries on the developing world without further critical thought. Just because it's not a reasonable measure for your situation doesn't mean it's not a reasonable measure in a different one.

[A4ET8a8uTh0]

No. Audience here just skews heavily towards personal freedom of movement and that movement happens to include movement of money. Collective HN mind, if there is such a thing, abhors restrictions that it perceives could impact its freedom.

And frankly, personally, I do not really care what my ruling class thinks is best for me. I will figure it out on my own, thank you very much. I have seen the job done so far.

[filleduchaos]

> Audience here just skews heavily towards personal freedom of movement

...and said audience coincidentally happens to mostly live in places that actually have that freedom of movement. On the other hand, I, my passport that can take me basically nowhere, and the awfulness of visa acquisition know very well that "freedom of movement" is already a joke. And I remain extremely sceptical of the opinions of people from countries that are not impacted by brain and capital drain (and which, in fact, benefit from it) on situations like this.

[mixedCase]

As someone who also lives in a country heavily affected by brain drain, I put in very high regard the freedoms enjoyed in those countries you choose to ignore, because it's the lack of them that causes the brain drain.

Skilled professionals and investors are reluctant to invest their time/money in a country that taxes the crap out of them without giving much back. Excessive protectionism and high costs of living punish the people that can move the country forward just to prevent stagnant industries from suffering an inevitable blow for a little longer.