One of the most salient aspects of Sowell and why he’s so rational compared to so many others is his defining characteristic is asking “what is the tradeoff”. It’s the defining characteristic of modern conservatism, what do we get for x, what are the benefits and what are the costs. In this aspect we are now faced with in the current zeitgeist is “what is the tradeoff of H1Bs”. Why are corporations so hell bent on H1B, what are the ramifications, and who does it benefit? This has been the delineation between morality, reason, and practice. I’m posting this as food for thought. Who benefits and at what cost?
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We live in a society of people who are too used to silver bullet solutions. They think everything can be solved with a computer, or a little pill, or a simple medical procedure, etc. Nobody is conditioned to think about where their food and water come from. Nobody thinks about the side effects of chemically inducing things. Nobody thinks about all the natural tradeoffs that we have to make in order to survive Everybody is conditioned to think that they can get something for nothing. They've never had a moment where they've had to question the reality of "Equivalent Exchange." And when the ugly truth comes looming over them, showing all the expenses and swindles and even fair exchanges that they're paying for in one way or another, they bundle them all up into "capitalism" and demonize it all. As though the tradeoffs of existence were just a bad dream they can safely ignore....
May have gone slightly off topic, but that's what comes to mind when you ask this. Nobody is asking the question in the first place, because they all think that there is no cost to anything. To them, it's all profit with no downsides.