Yes and no. The H-1B visa is "dual intent" [1] and you are allowed to apply for and receive a green card (permanent resident card) while on an H-1B. After 5 years with permanent residence you can apply for citizenship. It is a common path, and the intention for the majority of people on an H-1B visa.

[1]: https://isss.temple.edu/faculty-staff-and-researchers/intern...

Is there a news article about the spy at your kid’s school?

> but there is much precedence for rebel leaders who took on dynasties to be of millenarian, even foreign beliefs.

The modern Chinese government’s suppression of Falun Gong makes sense from this perspective.

I predict they’ll love the opportunity to indulge in theatrical ethnomasochism, just like high status whites do.

In a way, atoning for privilege will allow them to signal their privileged status more openly, and try to angle for acceptance into high status white culture, because they're just like them.

I don’t know. Maybe that’s a Puritan thing.

I also thought that, based on his books

> A huge part of the problem is that digital spaces generally have no equivalent of a disapproving glare.

It's interesting to see that people are now arguing in favor of public shaming and peer pressure as ways to control behavior, and lamenting that these are now harder to implement at scale. A generation ago the internet was seen as a way to escape pressure for conformity.

Thanks for the rec! This looks like something I'll be adding to the list of Substacks I check regularly.

You're welcome! Substack is fast becoming a perfect honeypot.

Good, fewer stoners in the next generation