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Elon Musk followers turn on him after he backs importing 'super talented engineers' (www.rawstory.com)

submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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Elon Musk faced backlash from his followers on X after advocating for importing “super talented engineers” to address a shortage in the U.S. tech industry.

Musk likened hiring top foreign talent to building a championship sports team and argues that there is a shortage of talented and motivated American engineers.

Critics argued there’s sufficient U.S. talent being overlooked or underpaid, with some pointing to widespread tech layoffs.

Musk dismissed claims of low wages or training gaps, maintaining a need for exceptional engineering talent to advance innovation.

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

LOL - surely the billionaire is going to be concerned about the plight of the American worker!?

The same guy that bought, then gutted, Xitter? Demanded people send him CODE for him to REVIEW?

I have some bad news for self-styled "Libertarians" that are also engineers...

[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

It's the immigrants taking your jerbs.....no wait not those.

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

That sweet, sweet H1B visa slavery

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

Rules for me not for thee does not work this way buddy.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

It's crazy that these politicians can just make wild claims without providing a shred of evidence. The just get to "dismiss."

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 months ago

Stop that, please.

Musk is not a politician.

Do not normalize this by even referring to him as such. He has never held elected office.

[-] futatorius@lemm.ee 6 points 6 months ago

He's an oligarch interfering in politics. That makes him a politician, as well as an asshole.

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

The guy is absolutely an unelected politician. He's Trump's puppeteer and will be using his money to get what he wants.

[-] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

What is so incredible is that the education system in the US is so fucked that so so so so SO many high skill, high education jobs need to be brought in from overseas. Meanwhile Elon just wants to fuck over the education system in the US even more.

The reason why he wants to bring in foreign labor is, in all likelihood, to make his employees more easily controlled. Expats are less likely to raise a fuss about their living conditions and may not have much of a connection to the political movements around them to take part in protests. Also if those employees have their visa's dependent entirely on the whims of their employer, if they DO get uppity in any way, they can face almost immediate deportation upon being fired.

In short, he does not give a fuck about Americans. It is 100% about control and exploitation.

[-] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

In yet another chapter of the the bourgeoisie propping up fascists, thinking they can control them, only to lose the control immediately...

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