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Each individual should have the choice to live in the society they want, that is equally true the other way around -- I don't see a connection to a concoted Wes

Each individual should have the choice to live in the society they want, that is equally true the other way around -- I don't see a connection to a concoted West-vs-East / colonial argument. You are trying to create an point fo conflict where there is none. If my country would enforce this (It doesn't) I should have the equal opportunity to renounce my german citizenship in favour of the iranian citizenship... This also happens in the West as well. And last but not least, this my opinion, I am not forcing this onto anyone -- and if I am of the opinion that this concept of "citizenship as hostage" is BS, I can make that opinion public. This touches the sovereignty of those states in no way, except when this sovereignty is enforced on people that are not part of the society of that country, and have lived 95% of their lives in another country.

jfk13 8y ago
> Each individual should have the choice to live in the society they want In practice, most societies do not allow arbitrary individuals to choose to come and join them; immigration restrictions are a thing pretty much everywhere.
- maze-le 8y ago
  This is not a matter of immigration restriction. The people I was referring to in my first comment already are citizens of Germany -- hell they speak better german and have more knowledge about our history and culture than some of my countrymen that were born here. If you have lived 34/35 years in this country and came over with your parents than it is not an "arbitrary choice" you do an a whim. But I know what you mean -- This is an idea of how [in my opinion] it should work, not the way it actually works...