Comments by "" (@shauncameron8390) on "The Tragic Reality of Brain Drain on Poor Countries | Economics Explained" video.

  1. Better than being a Russian/Chinese lapdog. Interesting how countries that did business with either are among the worst off in the world.
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  2. Both of those countries have smaller populations than Japan.
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  3. How so? Many of the people fleeing to the West come from formerly or still actively socialist countries.
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  4. Doctors from poor countries migrate to rich countries by choice.
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  5. While hurting the poor within their own borders.
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  6. Who wants to be patriotic to a country that's going nowhere?
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  7. Namely ethnic Malays.
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  8. And there are no jobs because the economy is restricted and entrepreneurship is discouraged.
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  9. And their economies are restricted.
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  10. No. The simple answer is that people are fleeing countries still dealing with the fallout of post-independence socialism.
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  11.  @KanuniSuleyman4857  Like who? Zimbabwe and Myanmar have Chinese puppets in charge. The current ruling ANC of South Africa always had Russian backing.
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  12. But for every China, Japan and South Korea, there's Cambodia, Philippines, Myanmar, Laos, and Mongolia.
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  13. With the world offering their brains to America by choice.
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  14. False equivalence as those people are still in the US. Just in a different region.
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  15.  @srikanthsv79  Or South Korea? Or Singapore which used to be a British colony?
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  16.  @srikanthsv79  Colonialism didn't stop Singapore from developing into a wealthy nation.
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  17. And the people are ignorant.
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  18. Something only an ex-pat would say.
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  19. <but portugal, spain and italy rich?> Due to EU membership.
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  20. No. The world sabotaging itself.
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  21. And interestingly, the Philippines for all the poverty its known for is wealthier than Vietnam.
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  22. Because those big companies are not situated in India. And it seems that Indians can only thrive outside of India.
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  23.  @baha3alshamari152  No. Just CCP bootlicks.
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  24. Rich. In the US, you have the opportunity to improve your situation. It's not the US's or capitalism's fault some just simply can't hack it or get complacent.
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  25. Meh. Ethiopia was a Soviet proxy.
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  26. LOL. Cuba did that to some rather flattering results with the government officials being the richest people in the country while ordinary citizens make little more $40 a month.
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  27. Because citizens are killed if they try to leave.
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  28. Pretty much.
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  29. Much of the 3rd world adopted socialism as soon as they got their independence and are now dealing with the fallout.
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  30.  @JoaoSantos-ur1gg  37th ranked is nowhere near one of the worst in the world. It's only the worst in comparison to Canada and Western Europe.
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  31. But it isn't. Plus people in China are not legally allowed to move within the country without documentation.
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  32. And the economy is volatile.
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  33.  @Drunken_Master  But what good is a free education if there are no jobs to put said free education to good use in? Hence the saying, you get what you paid for.
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  34. <A smart entrepreneur will never be successful in a corrupt poor country. > Unless he has ties with the people in charge.
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  35.  @fanaticcoder3320  It's not surprising that in the 3rd world, socialism and autocracy thrive.
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  36. No. That's Monaco.
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  37. And poor countries are dysfunctional pushovers.
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  38. Inequality is natural. And the US is not even the most unequal country around. That would be South Africa taking the cake.
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  39.  @SpaceCowboy5634  Because in reality, those societies often stagnate and collapse.
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  40. Um. No. Collectivism = repression and regression.
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  41. Because those countries were stupid enough to elect populists and socialists resulting in crippled finances requiring IMF and World Bank help.
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  42.  @debkalpapal2682  Here's an example: Australia and Haiti.
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  43. Don't forget about many of those countries adopted socialism post-independence that led to their current dismal state.
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  44.  @keterscp1064  Yet the US isn't in the top 10 in per capita homelessness among developed countries while New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Germany, Sweden and the UK are .
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  45. <IMF structural readjustments, > Due to the policies and models the countries previously had that led to their collapse in the first place along with the corruption and mismanagement.
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  46. But they don't count foreign migrants as part of their GDP statistics despite them making up the majority of the population.
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  47. You'd have to do a major about-face on women's rights.
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  48. <in the last 10 years and we have the 2nd lowest birth rate of any country and a median age of 45.> Due to almost half of the population being elderly while a lot of working-age people moved to the mainland.
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  49. And in dictatorships, brains = threat to the elite's rule.
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  50.  @Phyt5  Due to government restrictions.
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  51. But they also have a high death rate. .
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  52. Because children = social safety net and cheap labor.
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  53. In remittances disincentivizing local development.
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  54. Thank to bad economic policies that bankrupted the countries forcing them to seek the IMF and World Bank for help.
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  55.  @ZZ-ui5fy  They are. To their neighbors, that is.
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  56.  @hasspass8751  Albania = another post-communist basket case.
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  57. And is the world's #1 remittance recipient.
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  58. They're either oil-rich or tax havens protected by the US military and economic largesse.
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  59. And adoption of post-independence socialism?
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  60. <if they cancelled money somehow people would live peacefully maybe solve problems.> While exacerbating and creating other problems.
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