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As a New Zealand citizen who is a dual national of a country that I've never visited, I'm not necessarily opposed to non-residents becoming citizens. I am conc
by toomanybeersies 10y ago
As a New Zealand citizen who is a dual national of a country that I've never visited, I'm not necessarily opposed to non-residents becoming citizens.
I am concerned though, about people who are well known for using their giant stack of cash to influence politics and legal cases being given citizenship.
I do think that the outcome of the Hulk Hogan vs Gawker case was a good thing, but I don't think that Theil funding it was a good thing. Billionaires funding legal cases of unrelated people based on a personal vendetta isn't a road I want society to go down, especially such a target approach. If he was giving aid to various people suing various yellow journalism outlets for slander/libel, I'd be inclined to believe that he was being at least slightly altruistic.
And then there's the amount of money he's put into politics. As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't matter if he supported Clinton, Sanders, or Trump, it's the amount of money he gave.
I get the impression from the man that all he cares about is himself, and he'll just throw money at things to get what he wants.