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Vivek and Elon vs. the Bannon Wing on H-1B Visas

from Tech People & Celebrating Nothing | The Tim Dillon Show #423 · #423

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Tim breaks down the specific Musk/Ramaswamy tweets defending foreign tech worker visas and hiring, contrasting it with the America-first, closed-borders wing of MAGA and asking pointed questions about who tech people are really loyal to.

In this bit8 moments
  • Tim tells Democrat media workers to quit complaining and go make French onion soup at Panera if they love the working class so much.
  • Republicans now have no one to lash out at except themselves, creating internal conflict.
  • The Bannon wing wants closed borders, trade restrictions, and tariffs to rebuild the American middle class.
  • Vivek Ramaswamy criticized American culture for venerating mediocrity over excellence and cited that as a reason for hiring foreign tech workers.
  • The paleo-conservative Bannonite position is that companies should develop American talent or suffer the consequences.
  • Elon Musk tweeted that the number of super talented and motivated engineers in the USA is far too low.
  • Musk compared hiring foreign workers to recruiting top talent for a pro sports team to win the championship.
  • Tim asks the key question: who is the team Musk is actually talking about?
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Vivek RamaswamyElon MuskTrump administrationPaneraApple

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