> you would like that place to remain the way it was when you chose to move there
This isn't a good characterization at all.
> that culture is fluid
I do want it to evolve but not in the wrong direction. I want MORE western values and scientific and enlightenment ideals, not less. I don't want identity politics and post-modernism and moral relativism and political correctness and feelings over facts/science. In short I want what Steven Pinker (http://a.co/7ctFP0t) wants. And sometimes, being smarter about immigration is the only way to move towards a better society, instead of axiomatically believing in "diversity and immigration is an intrinsic good", which is an extremely unscientific position to take.
> You must have entirely missed the hostile take-over of the conservative party by the fringe
This is actually a common myth. If you have the patience, Ben Shapiro (Conservative NeverTrumper) explains it in this video (https://youtu.be/67zCG-KPWfQ). He essentially says that the actual number of people who hate other races and want to kill non-whites, i.e. neonazis, are very few, and most altrighters are just people who want to protect western values, are against the "whites are oppressors" narrative, etc.
> you should have moved to Switzerland
This is not so important to me that I sacrifice my tech career. Also, there is pretty much only 2-3 places in the world to do AI, and bay area is one of them.
This isn't a good characterization at all.
> that culture is fluid
I do want it to evolve but not in the wrong direction. I want MORE western values and scientific and enlightenment ideals, not less. I don't want identity politics and post-modernism and moral relativism and political correctness and feelings over facts/science. In short I want what Steven Pinker (http://a.co/7ctFP0t) wants. And sometimes, being smarter about immigration is the only way to move towards a better society, instead of axiomatically believing in "diversity and immigration is an intrinsic good", which is an extremely unscientific position to take.
> You must have entirely missed the hostile take-over of the conservative party by the fringe
This is actually a common myth. If you have the patience, Ben Shapiro (Conservative NeverTrumper) explains it in this video (https://youtu.be/67zCG-KPWfQ). He essentially says that the actual number of people who hate other races and want to kill non-whites, i.e. neonazis, are very few, and most altrighters are just people who want to protect western values, are against the "whites are oppressors" narrative, etc.
> you should have moved to Switzerland
This is not so important to me that I sacrifice my tech career. Also, there is pretty much only 2-3 places in the world to do AI, and bay area is one of them.