I won't convince you my experiences are generalizable.
None of our experiences is fully generalizable, and I am sure that to some extent your experience ARE generalizable. That is not what you do, however: 1. You argue about causality, which is an issue different from the scope of validity.
2. WHen you do generalize, you omit must of the sample that YOU yourself have. The number of foreign faculty, entertainers, etc. that are here on H1-B visa proves that the above-quoted statement is false: price is NOT the only advantage of foreigners. You know that this is true but simply omit this contradictory fact in order to arrive at the conclusion that you decided on beforehand. My position is therefore entirely irrelevant: if you think that such mode of thinking does justice to your intellectual purity and rigor, so be it.
No point in quibbling forever, and I'd rather remain civil. :)
I was not quibbling, but I agree with your proposal to stop: if search for truth is not a shared objective, I too have no interest in discussion. The possible future loss of civility, entirely unprovoked, makes it even less desirable for me.
Have a good day.
I only closed the discussion because you've been steadfast in your position for a long time; I remain steadfast in mine, so I don't think we're going to reach truth with a capital T in these threads.
My experience in FR (and elsewhere) is that when two participants have mutually exclusive positions, nobody gets convinced of anything and all that happens is an exchange of selected facts which support each person's opinion. That isn't truth-seeking, just bickering. In addition, often the discussion degrades.