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by throwaway568 878 days ago
Today’s richer nation plunder poorer nations through skilled migration. You may have heard of it as “brain drain” - the plunder of people who know modern science, and the techniques of industrial production.

Industrialised nations maintain their place in the world by having other, poorer, countries subsidise the raising and training of doctors, nurses, engineers and accountants.