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# Game Theory #4:  The Immigration Trap transcript

- Source: [Game Theory #4:  The Immigration Trap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35HRPLVyF0g)
- Published: 2026-01-15, day precision
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## Transcript

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today we will look at immigration who wins the game of immigration and who loses why do they win why do they lose okay so let's look at the United States which is where most immigrants go and as you can see from this chart there are certain ethnic groups that do better than other ethnic groups so the Indian people make the most money in America and this makes sense because India has a very competitive college system where only the best and brightest get into their technical Institute's and then after college they go nine -space to do graduate work and they go on the sitcom Valley become engineering student who great is better at programming in business some become doctors but Indians as a demographic are very successful then you have the other Asian groups so Japanese Korean Filipino Chinese also do very well East Asians do very well in school and East Asians are known for

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being very hard workers the white people are the majority and they are the average okay and they make about 70,000 u.s. a year this is just average income but then what's troubling is that as you go lower you find that there's an ethnic groups that don't do well economically they include of course Mexicans Latinos as well as black Americans who traditionally have been slaves in America so the question for us today is that why is it that there are certain ethnic groups specifically East Asian groups that do well economically and then you have other ethnic groups specifically Latinos and blacks who do not do well economically okay so the traditional explanation is that it's just that certain cultures prize education more than other cultures in fact some extremists will go on to say that genetically East Asians are just smarter than everyone else okay so this is the PISA rankings this is from

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2018 the PISA is the program for international student assessment so every three years the OECD which is which is a national organization around the world they organize tests for 14 year olds in three subjects math science and reading and based on these results the OECD which is primarily concerned with economic development forecast a nation's ability to do well economically in next 10 20 30 years as you can see from this map there are certain countries that do outstanding on the PISA the nation's in green do really well the nation's in yellow or average and then there are these red nations that are below average meaning that they will suffer economically as you can see the nations that do really well are actually based primarily in East Asia and they are Japan South Korea Vietnam China that's why a lot of people believe that in the future East Asia will come to dominate the world economically

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in fact there are many who believe that already East Asia dominates world economically especially China then you know these other nations in red that will suffer economically you have Latin and South America who traditionally have not have not done very well on the PISA you also have Africa and the Middle East that suffers on a PISA and then you have Indonesia Malaysia these countries that don't do well on the pizza the nation's in agree are great by the way our nations that are that don't have the development in order to actually have students take tests okay no the infrastructure the logistics actually have students take tests and so what you and so what you can see about the nations in red is first of all they're primarily based in a region okay latin and south america but also you can actually group them also by religion okay islam okay muslims don't do well on the

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pizza and that's why there's great fear that islamic countries will fall behind economically also another concern is immigration so what's been happening is that um immigrants from latin south america have been moving to united states and islamic um nations their people have been moving to europe okay now a lot of this this immigration is driven by war so nations like libya syria afghanistan iraq have seen them have seen them themselves destroyed destroyed because america's war on terror forcing millions of refugees to seek better opportunities in europe okay and so this is causing a lot of conflict because on one hand um these immigrants don't do well economically on the other hand they're moving to these very wealthy nations and that's causing a lot of conflict so what's driving this conflict okay so again from the piece of rankings it seems as though east asians will come to dominate the world the problem is that when

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you actually look at american society and you look at who succeeds it turns out east asians don't do as well as you think they do well if these asians are the best students in school and they go on to the most prestigious colleges they are the smartest with the highest iq you would think they would come to dominate american society but that's not true actually so um this is a chart of new ceos and what this means is that from about 2000 americans corporations they tried their best to bring in more diversity into the corporate boardroom right traditionally ceos american corporations have been white middle -aged they're trying to diversify the leadership of american corporations and it turns out that white women okay have done the best white women have been the most successful in climbing the corporate ladder in america um what's interesting not then is that latino and african -american men okay they

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do okay not great but they do okay and who is underperforming are of course the cps and the cpu right so i think that's very interesting and it's a big difference right places so let's just focus more on that then let's look at the east asian man okay you can see this from this map where the growth in the east asian man it's pretty steady now there are different women minorities have been discriminated against in American society and therefore they should be given better opportunities more opportunities to succeed okay so um you can argue that because of DEI East Asian men have been discriminated against because historically people believe that East Asian men have not been discriminated against even though that's not that's not correct okay so you can argue it's really DEI but another way of understanding this is figure out who succeeds in corporate America and the answer is if you look at

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the qualities of successful CEOs well first of all they tend to be aggressive okay or assertive okay another thing this is that they have high risk tolerance or they take chances also to navigate corporations you need high EQ emotional intelligence empathy collaboration skills okay these are the skills you need in order to do well in American corporations and unfortunately these certain skills that the stereotype is that East Asian men don't need to be successful in the same way that they were when they were first don't actually have these skills asian asian men are tend to be much more individualistic they tend to be um more cautious and they tend not to speak a lot okay um so east asian men are not known for being articulate which is something that you need in order to well in a corporate boardroom where there's a lot of debate where there's a lot of argumentation where you have

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to present your view your opinion very coherently okay so what's interesting is that the skills that you need to do well in the corporate boardroom um east asian men don't have and you can also argue that it's because each man don't have these skills they have other skills that allows them to do well in school for example east asian men are more focused they're more unitarian they're grave obsessed they are more compliant more obedient okay they like listening to authority and that's why they do well in school but what this means ultimately is a situation in which even though east asian men do well economically and they do well academically their status okay status in america is not as great as their income would suggest in fact you could make the argument that east asian men are among the groups that have the lowest status in america which makes no sense but again unfortunately the

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evidence bears this out especially okay the dating market okay so again remember what is it that men want to do well they want to obtain status so that they can find the most attractive mate okay so um we're going to now look at statistics from dating websites okay online dating websites this is from okcupid okay okaycupid uh which is one of the more popular um dating websites in the united states and so we have a lot of statistics about how people behave online so look at this guys okay if you're an asian female and a asian man gets in touch with you about 22 percent of these asian females will persp respond to an inquiry a first message if the person is an asian man but what's interesting is that if it's not a white guy then there's more interest 29 that's a pretty significant difference okayДеп iç원 Okay, so this is just a first reply.

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Now what's interesting is that if you're an Asian male, okay, what's interesting is that people are less likely to respond to you, okay? So this is another map that shows statistics from the dating website, okay? So this is white woman, okay? Okay, let's look at white woman and how interested they are in other ethnicities. If you are white, okay, Caucasian, they're very interested. In fact, they're the most interested. If you're black, they're not as interested, okay? If you're Hispanic, they're not interested. But look at this, if you're Asian, they are least interested, okay? That's interesting. But look at this, if you are an Asian woman, okay? You're pretty interested in white guys. You're most interested in Asian guys, okay? And you're similarly interested in black and Hispanic guys. So it seems that in the dating market, one group that is most discriminated against are East Asian men, okay? Another group that's also discriminated against heavily are black women, okay?

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All right. So if you look at marriage patterns, there's also discrimination against East Asian men, okay? So 20 % of East Asian women will marry white guys. Okay, so if you are an East Asian woman, you are attracted to white guys and you're attracted to East Asian guys primarily. But if you are an East, Asian man, okay? All right, here, you're not that attractive to white woman, okay? So 20 % of East Asian women will marry a white person, but only 9 % or 10 % of Asian men will marry a white woman. So this leads to a disparity in the marriage market. And what this means is that for East Asian men, men under 25 years old, 75 % are single, meaning they cannot find a date or a partner, okay? Okay, so this leads to a very, very stark conclusion for East Asian men. The reality is that if you're an East Asian man in America, people don't find you that attractive, okay?

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So they did a lot of studies about the East, about the dating market in America, and the radical conclusion that they have is that, is this, okay? A white woman, okay, is more attracted to a white man than an Asian man. And how do we know this statistically? If a white man makes $62,000 a year, for the Asian man to, you know, make $62,000 a year, to be as attractive to her, the man, the Asian man, needs to make $200,000 a year. That's a huge, huge difference. In other words, a white woman will be attracted to the average white guy, and she will only be interested in the highest earning Asian guys, okay? But not only are they, making a lot, but these Asian guys are actually at the top of their field. Because $200,000 in America is actually a lot of money, okay?

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So you have to be a surgeon, you have to be a top lawyer, you have to be an entrepreneur, in order to be attractive to just the average white woman, not even the most attractive white woman. So this is actually a pretty stark situation for Asian men. And so you have a really strange situation where, Asian men, East Asian men, did everything right. They did exactly what they were supposed to do. They went to school, worked hard in school, got the best grades, then worked hard at their jobs, and did very well in their jobs. But now two things have happened, because they followed the rules, because they did everything right. They didn't commit any crime, they're not on welfare, they pay taxes, they contribute to the community, but because of this, two things have happened. One is that they're not able to climb into status positions in America.

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They're not CEOs. The other thing is that, their problem's finding a very good mate, okay? It's easy for them to find someone off their status, or below, but it's very hard for an East Asian man to actually marry up, and improve their status, and social economic standing. In America, all right? All right, so this leads us to a very, very stark disparity, right? So let's look at this, guys. You have East Asian men, and here's how they play the game of immigration. They do well in school, okay? They have good jobs, employment, yes. They have, they're not on welfare, okay? They don't go to jail, okay? And then you look at other minorities, okay? Specifically, Hispanic, Black, and Muslim, okay? Well, they don't do as well in school, okay? They don't make as much as East Asian men. They're more likely to be on welfare, and they're more likely to go in jail, okay?

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All right, so you would think that East Asian men, Asian man will ultimately triumph in the end but what is really disconcerting is that according to game theory East Asian men are playing the game wrong whereas these other groups these Hispanics these blacks these Muslim groups they are much more likely to win the game okay so how can we explain this an explanation is actually pretty straightforward but it's actually very disconcerting or very disturbing but the answer is if someone invites you to play his game don't agree to play by the rules because the game is set up so that you will lose otherwise why would he invite you think of a casino right a casino is like please come in and play our game do you think a casino is fair if the casino were fair the casino will go bankrupt right the casino is set up so that you have to lose

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otherwise they go out of business that same thing with immigration if a nation like the United States is inviting you into the nation and you play by their rules you will always lose okay and this is what's happening to East Asian men, when they go to the United States, they play by the rules, and they'll never climb into status positions, and their woman will be married off to white men. The most attractive of all Asian women will be married off to white guys, whereas East Asian guys will make their money and then stay at home and play video games all the time. Okay? The game is rigged. So, the only logical strategy, according to game theory, to this situation is to break the game, cheat. Okay? And that's what the other minorities are doing. And how do you do that? Well, you don't play the game, you don't go to school and obey the teacher, okay?

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How to win is by sticking together and having lots of babies, and over time, that will enable you to win the game because of demographics. Okay? Does that make sense? You're much better off not going to school, being poor, but staying together, being cohesive, and having lots of babies, rather than going to school, getting a good job, doing everything you've been told to do, because ultimately, your energy will be stolen from you because of the rules of the game. Okay? Does that make sense, guys? All right? All right. So, let's go. So, okay, so again, immigration is very important because all in the world, poor people are going to rich countries to seek better opportunities, right? So it's really North America, primarily United States, Canada, the United States, then you have Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, okay? Going to these places are China, East Asia, basically, and you have the Latinos, the Africans, Middle East, okay?

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All right? And again, you have a situation where East Asians are much more likely to go and conform, but then you have other groups that go and refuse to conform, and as I mentioned, from a game theory perspective, it is better to go and conform. It's better in the long term for you as a person not to conform, not to play the rules of the game, than to actually play by the rules of the game. I know it sounds weird, okay? But according to game theory, that's the best outcome for you, all right? So an example is in Europe, okay? In Europe, they have a huge Muslim problem. These Muslims are less likely to integrate, they don't do very well in school, but they will claim welfare. They will have lots and lots of babies, which is a drain on the economy of all these nations. And what this means is that in the year 2050, okay, in the year 2050, this is what's going to happen.

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In Sweden, one -fifth of the population will be Muslim. In the UK, 17%. In France, 17%. In Germany, 11%. In Italy, it will be 12%, okay? So it seems as though there's a population replacement going on. But not only that, but because Muslims are much more likely to have more children, they will be younger than Europeans, the populations that are Muslim will be younger, more energetic. Whereas the Europeans will be much more old, they will likely be retired. So if this trend continues, then Europe will eventually be taken over by the Muslim minority, okay? And so the Muslims, they don't do well in school. They don't do well in school. And they don't make that much money, but look at their advantages, okay? First of all, they are cohesive, okay, because of their religion, okay? They are energetic because you're young, okay?

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And they're united because, quite honestly, the Europeans don't really like them. They are an outcast. They're considered an enemy by the Europeans. So if trends continue, then it is most likely that Muslims will control Europe in 25 years time, okay? Does that make sense? But not only that, but you look at America, okay? Let's look at America. You have a similar situation going on, sorry, okay, look at 2050, what's happening, okay? All right. So the white population is declining, okay, right now it's the majority, but by 2050, it will no longer be the majority. Asians are increasing by a bit, but not that much, okay? But the real growth is in Hispanics, in Hispanics, okay? And not only are they growing in absolute numbers, but again, they are much more young, much more energetic group. Who are more likely to have children, okay? And they are united because they are Catholics. So they have a common religion, they have a common language, and they have very similar common cultural traits.

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So that's it. According to game theory, if you're an immigrant, your best strategy is not to do it in school and make a lot of money. That will get you nowhere. You're just playing by the rules of the game. Your best strategy is to stick together with your ethnic group. Have lots of babies, maintain your religion, and over time, your children, your grandchildren will come to dominate the nation. Okay? Does that make sense, guys? Any questions before I move on? The problem with this is that there is no way that the majority, the white people, will just sit back and let this happen, okay? You're going to have a lot of violence, a lot of conflict. Because from the white perspective, this is population replacement, okay? If we just let demographic trends continue, if these outsiders just have a lot of kids, and we don't have the kids, then eventually our culture will be destroyed.

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And they're right, okay? Historically, they're right. And how do we know? Because let's talk about some history, all right? So last semester, we talked about the Proto -Indo -Europeans. Right? Okay? So this is Europe, this is Asia, Anatolia. Okay, so remember that after the Ice Age, hunter -gatherers spread around, okay? Okay, so you have hunter -gatherers around. But then because as the Earth was warming, this allowed for agriculture. And so a new group came into being that focused on agriculture, okay? These are the... Farmers. These are the farmers. And they arrived primarily in Anatolia and the Levant and Mesopotamia, because that was the warmest part of the globe that was most amenable to agriculture. But then, if you remember, there's always climate change. And because of climate change, they're not forced to migrate, okay? And a lot migrated to Europe.

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And when they went to Europe, they forced out the hunter -gatherers. Okay? It was not violent, because hunter -gatherers have very few people, and they can move about, okay? But eventually what happened is that the farmers were able to displace the hunter -gatherers. Okay? Now they're established in Europe. You also had farmers who went into the steppes. But remember from last semester, we discussed the steppes and how, because it's grassland, you can't actually farm there. It's very hard to farm there. So they developed a new economy called nomadic pastoralism, which is to say that they raised sheep, goat, and cows, and they migrated from one area of the grassland to the next. Okay? And as a result, they became very strong, very aggressive people. And again, because of overpopulation, because of climate change, these people are now forced to migrate to Europe. Okay? They migrated to Europe. And what happened now? Well, now there's

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a war that lasts 100 years, 20 years, in which the nomadic pastoralists, the Amnaya, or the Porto Indo -Europeans, they displaced, or they eliminated the farmers. Okay? And so what happened, we know this from genetic studies, is that the men, the European farmers, were killed, and the women were taken away. They were treated as basically brides, slaves, basically. Okay? So this is a population replacement. And this, historically, is what happens. Okay? One group comes in and replaces the other. And throughout most of human history, this is a constant cycle because the steppes were extremely violent and chaotic, and this forces groups to constantly migrate to other groups. Okay? And so this is a population replacement. Okay? So there are very few instances of where groups come together and they are peaceful. No. Because you only have one elite, and one elite must replace the other elite. Okay? Does that make sense, guys? All right. So

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if this is historically the situation, how did we get into a situation where immigration has become the norm in today's world? Okay? Before, historically, we believed that you have to stay together as part of your group, otherwise you'll be eliminated. And now we believe that, hey, if you don't like where you are, it's okay, just get up and move somewhere else. And maybe there'll be better economic opportunities for you. This is a shift in mentality, a shift in mindset. Okay. This came about because of the British Empire. All right. Okay. So this is Europe. This is South America, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Okay. All right. So you have Spain. And Spain, because of the Ottoman Empire, Spain cannot access the East Indies trade. Okay? So it had to figure out new ways to access East Asia, China, India, because that was where a lot of spices were. Okay? And there was a huge demand for spices.

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So they started to chart new areas. Okay? Spain and Portugal primarily. And what they discovered was there's all this new territory in South America. Now, South America is interesting because in South America you had a huge population and there was a lot of mineral wealth, silver and gold. And so what they could do was they could go over there and enslave the population. Okay? So slavery. And then you convert them to Catholic religion. All right. So basically, the easiest areas to colonize, Spain and Portugal took right away. But then afterwards, Britain, England, started to play this game as well. Okay? And they also sent colonists. But the problem was that there was no large population to enslave. Also, there were a lot, especially in the United States. There were a lot of aggressive Indians. Okay? Natives. And so the solution was the United States, after won independence from Britain, it welcomed immigrants from Europe, specifically Ireland, Germany, Poland, these places.

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The reason why is they needed to displace the natives. Okay? And then immigrants were then colonized. They were encouraged to go to Canada and Australia to build their economies as well. So in other words, immigration today, it is a historical accident. The Americans were responding to the specific needs of that time. Okay? They were a small population against a hostile people, the natives, in a very large area. And so they needed people to come and farm and industrialize the area. And that's why America welcomed immigrants. And this is new in human history, where you could go to a new place and become a citizen. Okay? Usually, if you went to a new place, you went because you were a slave. You were conquered in war. And you went as cheap labor. Okay? So in America, they welcome you as citizens, if you're willing to contribute. And they allow you to get rich if you work hard.

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Okay? Now fast forward, and America becomes an empire because it's allowing all this energy to concentrate in America. You have World War II. You have World War II. And America triumphs in World War II. And now America can set the entire rules of the game for most of the world, for Western Europe. And at this time, America is set to Europe. You guys fought wars. You guys had fascism because you are a closed society. Okay? Closed society means you don't want immigrants. You're all very nationalistic. And therefore, you are violent. America won the war because America is an open society which welcomes immigrants, which is a multicultural society that encourages people to get rich and be happy. And so Europe, if you want to be like us, if we want to prevent World War III, then you have to become an open society as well and welcome immigrants just like we do.

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Okay? And that's why we have a situation where we have where now Muslims are going to Europe and others are going to America. Okay? And what we need to recognize is that immigration, it's a new game developed because of certain historical circumstances. But it's not sustainable in the long term. And so the idea that you can just work hard in school then go to America and become wealthy, that can't be true anymore. In the future, according to game theory, what's going to happen are these violent conflicts between different demographic groups because each group is trying to set the rules of the game. Because whoever sets the rules of the game will always win the game, meaning they have access to the best jobs, they have the highest status, and they have access to the best looking woman, which is ultimately what every man is looking for. Okay?

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Status, attractive woman, power, money.

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Okay?

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All right. Does that make sense, guys? All right. Any questions? Okay. Ask one question. Then we'll finish. We'll finish class. Okay.

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Can we really do something about the current immigration or we don't have any ability to change it?

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Okay. That's a great question. And I'm sure everyone's familiar with this question, which is like, what can we do about this situation? Well, I mean, the problem is, and I hate to say this, but immigration is not natural. Okay? And what I mean by that is that if you're born into a community, what is natural is for you to want to help this community grow and develop. You want to contribute to this community. What is not natural is for you to say, you know what? This community sucks. I'm going to go find a new community. Because if everyone did that, then no communities could ever exist. Okay? So 9 % of people, what their natural inclination to do is to, is to want to work hard and make the community a better place. And that's what everyone should be doing. You're always going to have minority people, maybe 1%, 2%, who are sort of strange in that they have different ideas.

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And they're not going to be able to conform to the community. Okay? And historically, these people have been killed by the communities. And so it's natural for them to get up and leave. Okay? So, but that's only a small group of people. So what is natural is for people to want to just stay where they are because they love their neighbors, because they love their family, and they want to help their community get stronger and stronger. And unfortunately, because of globalization, because of mass media, because of the internet, for whatever reason, young people believe that what's important is their own individual health. Their own happiness. Their own economic opportunity. So I'm going to go wherever there's more economic opportunity. So, for example, Chinese students, the very best, are like, you know what, I'm probably going to make more money in the United States, so I'm going to work hard,

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then immigrate to the United States, and then start my own company, get rich, and all that. And you know, some people have been very successful in doing that. But if you think about it, this is not good for China. Right? As a nation, why would you encourage your best and brightest to take their skills, move somewhere else, and contribute to that economy rather than to your own economy? And so we're in a very strange situation. And we are in this situation because, for the longest time, America was a global hegemon, and it could write the rules of the game. And I keep on telling you guys this, whoever writes the rules of the game will always win. Okay? So globalization was a system that was set up so that America could extract from the world resources, and these resources include talent. Okay? So we have a situation where the best and brightest go to America because that's where they're most likely to thrive.

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But now, the world is changing. America is not becoming, is no longer the global hegemon. Russia, China, these countries are rising as well. And so nations now are much more interested in being able to maintain their best and brightest, their talent, their human capital. And this is the way it should be. If you're born in China, then your priority ought to be like, how to make China a better place. It shouldn't be like, I'm going to work really hard in school so that I can get a visa to go study in the United States. That makes no sense. Okay? So, and look, the reality is that if you go to the United States, you can make a lot of money, but you're still going to need a little status. Okay? And that's the situation I found myself in, in North America, where, you know, I worked really

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hard in school, I went to Yale, and I could have made a lot of money as a lawyer or as a doctor, but I recognized that, you know what, if I just stay where I am, I'm not going to ever achieve my potential. I'm not going to achieve status in America. I may be wealthy, but I'm never going to achieve high status. You know, that's why I chose to come to China, because I thought there were more opportunities to obtain higher status in China than in the United States, where I'm not white. I'm East Asian, and there's going to be a lot of stereotypes and prejudice against me because I'm East Asian. Okay? And, quite honestly, I was right in my assessment. All right? So, yeah, you're saying, what can East Asians in America do about this, right? And, unfortunately, according to game theory, they're stuck where they are. Okay? That's why, you know, I chose to leave.

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But, if you're East Asian in America, I'm not saying for everyone, okay? I'm sure there are, like, thousands of very happy East Asians who've married very well and they have very good lives. Okay? But, for the majority, you can have decent lives, but you're always going to be low status. And, quite honestly, a lot of East Asians are happy with that situation. A lot of East Asians are just happy, you know, getting by, making good money, and they really don't worry about status. Okay? But, the problem is that their children, their grandchildren, are kind of screwed over because it's going to be very hard for them to marry. Okay? And, again, there's a lot of East Asian men who are single and they have problems on the dating market. Okay? All right. Any more questions, guys? Is that clear? Great. Okay. So, we will continue this next week.

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