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Citizenship should be performance based as opposed to based upon place of birth or being rich or lucky enough to obtain a piece of paper from some governmental
by zb1plus 4y ago
Citizenship should be performance based as opposed to based upon place of birth or being rich or lucky enough to obtain a piece of paper from some governmental body. It honestly shocks and disturbs me that this isn't a commonsense principle in 2022.
- commandlinefan 4y ago> Citizenship should be performance based as opposed to based upon place of birth Wait, what? I thought you were going to suggest that people should be free to live/work wherever, which I agree with in principle, but also think it's not a change that can be made overnight. You seem to be suggesting that everybody has to earn the right to live in a particular country, even if they were born there. If that was universal, where would the people who fail the test go?
- zb1plus 4y agoPerformance based in my opinion means if you live in a region or territory for a certain amount of time and otherwise act in a manner that would indicate you intend to make this place your home, you would be eligible to be a citizen of that territory. I'm not a fan of the idea that buying a bunch of property or investing a bunch of money in a local business without living there would give the right to have an equal voice in the governing of that territory as somebody who makes their home there.
- nathanaldensr 4y agoSorry, the world doesn't work this way. Countries are sovereign and executive authorities have direct control over who they allow in and out of said countries. Putting "right" in scare quotes doesn't make it magically not a right of government to do these things.
- zb1plus 4y agoThe world doesn't currently work in the this way sadly.