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by 8note 2 days ago
you could also export the children, or the whole family, to a place that can support teachers
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Depopulating rural Alaska, or America in general, is certainly a campaign strategy.
I mean, so's "Bumfuck, Alaska needs a handful of teachers, therefore we're going to import infinite Indians"
Who said anything about infinite? I don't see anything wrong with importing labor if it's of net benefit to our society. If there was genuinely no citizen that wanted the job for any reasonable price then what's the harm in bringing in an educated outsider who contributes positively? It improves several metrics simultaneously without harming anyone.
You could also say that India is below replacement fertility. Which, if Indian history is anything to go by, will mean India will outlaw emigration to protect ultra-rich Indians.

China has already mostly made emigration illegal. The rest of the world will follow.

> China has already mostly made emigration illegal

Genuinely news to me. Do you have any sources?

Depends what you mean. Communism loves bureaucracy and so there are 10 different system "totally not cooperating" to prevent leaving. In China you need permission to leave the country (or even your town), and so there is no law change. The big bureaucracies are referred to as "Hokou" (within China) and "Exit-entry administration" for international. So no direct announcement, everything is under direct control of Xi. You see, it was always illegal to go outside of the country without Xi's approval and those approvals have mostly stopped coming.

But here's one source: https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/18/china-right-leave-countr...

Do you really suggest to copy Ceaușescu and start evacuating villages in rural Alaska?
After the subsidies stopped everyone moved out of Siberia.
I wonder if he realizes that we historically went to great lengths to get people to move there.