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rayineryesterday at 3:08 AM1 replyview on HN

> I honestly hope your economy will completely collapse.

The U.S. passed restrictive immigration laws in 1921. The foreign born population dropped to under 5% by 1970 (compared to 15% today). The decade on either side of that was a golden age for Silicon Valley.


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zzrrtyesterday at 5:11 AM

Sergey Brin, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Patrick and John Collison, Jerry Yang. Would Silicon Valley have been better off without them?