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As a descendant of Danube Swabians who re-immigrated to their original village after 6 generations in Serbia, I can only say: Willkommen zurück! However: > We
by lqet 7y ago
As a descendant of Danube Swabians who re-immigrated to their original village after 6 generations in Serbia, I can only say: Willkommen zurück!
However:
> We are no longer prisoners of a country whose politicians do not and will not, likely for a generation or more, reflect me in any shape or form.
Given her family's experience with Germany, I find it heartbreakingly naive that she obviously thinks that this will not be the case here, not now and not in 25 or 50 or 75 years.
- falsedan 7y agoThe 'prisoners' part refers to how citizens are captive to their government, and if their government does something they truly do not agree with, they have no recourse and must go along with the law of the land. With multiple citizenship you at least can emigrate somewhere and, while not as integrated as native citizens, at least will never be ejected as unwanted immigrants.
- lqet 7y agoI understood that part. However, there is no guarantee that Germany will still accept dual citizenship in 50 years. There is no guarantee that Germany will not (again) become a dictatorship where people are interned in camps if the ruling class finds it politically useful. There is no guarantee that Germany will even allow you to leave the country in 50 years, even if you have dual citizenship. This is all seems improbable, of course, even ridiculous. But I don't think anyone in Germany could've seriously imagined the situation of 1939-45 30 years earlier.