What's more happening is that talent is being attracted to mid-stage startups, unicorns, and the big companies like Google and Amazon. Early-stage startups like "Tinder for people with green hair" don't employ enough people across the market for them to significantly impact it.
I don't think this is about government fighting against stock-paying companies for tech workers by fucking up RSUs. In reality it's probably just government incompetence. No need for strawmanning or conspiracy
At the same time, most early stage startups aren't actually doing much that requires such high levels of talent and specialization. They really just require good amounts of "get shit done". And there are plenty of people in this country that have adequate levels of that. They're just mostly not in SV.
