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Where can you vote without being a citizen? I think across all of Europe you have to be a citizen to be able to vote.

by rolisz 3y ago

ChuckNorris89 3y ago
See the emphasis in my comment on the extreme difficulty of getting citizenship, meaning you'll most likely never be able to vote, unlike other EU countries were getting citizenship a very easy if you've worked and paid taxes a few years, and where you get to keep your other citizenship to not make your life more difficult should you still have businesses to solve back home.
- jhoechtl 3y ago
  Maybe a cohesive society where only those living there long term having a vote contributes to being worlds most lively city?
  - ChuckNorris89 3y ago
    Maybe, if all you want is your country to be a giant retirement home for the ageing locals with a stagnating economy based on Airbnbs/museums fleecing tourists to admire its cohesiveness, but maybe not, if you want your country to be an attractive place for innovative companies to set up shop and for highly skilled people to settle and replace your ageing population to ensure long term economic competitiveness in global growth sectors. Check Austrian tech wages and number of successful Austrian tech companies to see what I mean. Anti-immigrant policies and conservative attitudes towards foreigners, cut both ways. There's a reason big-tech have offices in Switzerland and Germany but not in Austria.
    - jhoechtl 3y ago
      > There's a reason big-tech have offices in Switzerland Besides ETH, low corporate income taxes and one of the most secretive banking systems ... what? On open minded society? You've obviously never been to Switzerland. Swirzerland is one of the most cohesive and closed societies in the world.
trog 3y ago
I'm an Australian, but I lived in the UK from 2016 to 2018. I was able to vote in UK elections (including Brexit) despite not being a citizen, because I'm part of the Commonwealth.

Where can you vote without being a citizen? I think across all of Europe you have to be a citizen to be able to vote.

by rolisz 3y ago

Where can you vote without being a citizen? I think across all of Europe you have to be a citizen to be able to vote.

See the emphasis in my comment on the extreme difficulty of getting citizenship, meaning you'll most likely never be able to vote, unlike other EU countries were getting citizenship a very easy if you've worked and paid taxes a few years, and where you get to keep your other citizenship to not make your life more difficult should you still have businesses to solve back home.

jhoechtl 3y ago
Maybe a cohesive society where only those living there long term having a vote contributes to being worlds most lively city?
- ChuckNorris89 3y ago
  Maybe, if all you want is your country to be a giant retirement home for the ageing locals with a stagnating economy based on Airbnbs/museums fleecing tourists to admire its cohesiveness, but maybe not, if you want your country to be an attractive place for innovative companies to set up shop and for highly skilled people to settle and replace your ageing population to ensure long term economic competitiveness in global growth sectors. Check Austrian tech wages and number of successful Austrian tech companies to see what I mean. Anti-immigrant policies and conservative attitudes towards foreigners, cut both ways. There's a reason big-tech have offices in Switzerland and Germany but not in Austria.
  - jhoechtl 3y ago
    > There's a reason big-tech have offices in Switzerland Besides ETH, low corporate income taxes and one of the most secretive banking systems ... what? On open minded society? You've obviously never been to Switzerland. Swirzerland is one of the most cohesive and closed societies in the world.

trog 3y ago

I'm an Australian, but I lived in the UK from 2016 to 2018. I was able to vote in UK elections (including Brexit) despite not being a citizen, because I'm part of the Commonwealth.