Applying the ideas of Count Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi to the 21st century. American Imperialist. US Army. Tamil Kayastha. Philosemite and supporter of ZOG
My family moved to the US when I was 8, but by the time I turned 20, my dad was still on an H1B (waiting to get processed for a green card).
Once I turned 21, I would age out as his dependent, despite the fact that I basically grew up in the US.
I thought I'd have to become a code monkey after college, and even that only if I was lucky enough to win the H1B lottery.
Otherwise, back to India.
I had become a huge fan of @paulg's essays in college. I was actually depressed that my desire to start a startup or do something entrepreneurial was basically hopeless.
Working on the promising podcast I was doing as a side project? A beyond impossible pipe dream.
Even after 9 years, my dad wasn't able to get a green card - and the lines were only getting longer over time. I figured I'd be an old man before I could quit some FANG job and build my own thing.
By some miracle, COVID travel restrictions cleared out the lines, and I got my green card literally months before I would have aged out.
If not for this unbelievable coincidence, I would not be hosting the podcast.
In the best case, I would be shifting pixels around in the 3rd sub-sub-menu of some big tech software.
I'm incredibly grateful I made it through.
But it's unconscionable that we put the kids of high skilled immigrants through all this anxiety, and in many cases make them repeat the nerve-racking indentured life trajectory that they had to watch their parents go through.
@The_Davos_Man China was already winning in Africa long before USAID was canceled. USAID was very ineffective pushing Africa towards US while endangering Europe in the process.
It's very naive to think that a dependant population you create is automatically going to be grateful to you.
The drama of migration must serve as an appeal to the conscience of the nations of origin of the migrants, which must establish conditions for peace, justice and development. It is also an appeal to the conscience of the transit nations, which are called to protect the vulnerable and not leave them in the hands of criminal networks. It is likewise an appeal to the conscience of Europe, which cannot claim to uphold human dignity while growing accustomed to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic becoming unmarked graves, as well as that of the international community, which is called to effective and persevering cooperation. #ApostolicJourney https://t.co/3YfdiJYiGg
18 years ago butterball learned how to go down stairs. 11 years ago he showed his son benji how to go down stairs. democrats have been dying for longer than you know
@JacobAShell Wrote about wanting to be a USAID Officer doing developmental work in Africa and it got me into places far better than I deserve lol (2024)
@AmericanReform_ The only way this picture could be better is if Vivek had a knife behind his back to slice the throats of this old White man's grandkids