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> Being stateless is not a good thing. That's wholly a matter of individual preference. I know Mike Gogulski personally and I can attest to him being quite hap

• jacquesm 11y ago
  I applaud the mans morals but I foresee some practical complications in such trivalities as child-birth, hospitalization, estate planning (and eventual execution) and so on. None of those may apply to him and he's apparently thought this through very well but the wheels of government have a very annoying habit of grinding on with or without your consent and by placing yourself purposefully outside of the system you might find one day that this can backfire. I sincerely hope he has a back-up plan if he ever needs to be part of some formally recognized entity again, it's easier to lose a citizenship than it is to gain one.
  • VLM 11y ago
    For all practical purposes having Nicaraguan citizenship does nothing for the guy who empties the wastebaskets at work. From what little high school spanish I can remember, he seems fairly happy and unconcerned about all these supposed problems you list. He might be the first stateless person in your area, but I assure you he's unlikely to be the first non-american citizen in your area to have a child or visit the hospital or whatever else.
    • jacquesm 11y ago
      That he's unconcerned does not mean the problems of undocumented citizens aren't real. It likely means that he's simply not going to make too much of a point of it because it is not in his power to make a change.
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