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1. EU citizenship is not a thing. You can only have citizenship of a EU member state. 2. Looking at who the majority of Americans voted for no thanks.

nobody9999 2y ago
>2. Looking at who the majority of Americans voted for no thanks. It was a plurality, not a majority of the ~64% of the electorate that bothered to vote, not a majority of the US population. So roughly 30% of eligible voters (who make up ~70% of the population , so ~20% of the population voted for Trump[0]) So, if you don't mind, let's not paint all Americans with such a broad brush okay? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States...
- jfengel 2y ago
  The 36% of the electorate who didn't vote is also kinda no-thanks. Many of them had reasonable excuses, due to how hard we make it to vote in this country. But an awful lot of them took a look at the two candidates, shrugged, and said "Looks like a tossup to me." I can't imagine the EU wants them much more than it wants the 30% who actually voted for it.
- FinnKuhn 2y ago
  Deciding to not vote is agreeing with the majority of those who did vote.
  - casenmgreen 2y ago
    Thoreau would say voting is a joke anyway =-) a gentle wave of good-wishes as some vital cause happens to pass by.
casenmgreen 2y ago
I may be completely wrong, but it seems to me EU citizenship is actually really a thing. You have the citizenship of your country, and if that country is in the EU, also conferred upon you is EU citizenship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_citizenship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_citizenship
- FinnKuhn 2y ago
  That is what I am describing in my second sentence. You get it in addition to having citizenship of a EU member country, but you can't get it by itself (which is what the comment I replied to implied).

nobody9999 2y ago

>2. Looking at who the majority of Americans voted for no thanks. It was a plurality, not a majority of the ~64% of the electorate that bothered to vote, not a majority of the US population. So roughly 30% of eligible voters (who make up ~70% of the population , so ~20% of the population voted for Trump[0]) So, if you don't mind, let's not paint all Americans with such a broad brush okay? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States_presidential_elections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_United_States...

jfengel 2y ago
The 36% of the electorate who didn't vote is also kinda no-thanks. Many of them had reasonable excuses, due to how hard we make it to vote in this country. But an awful lot of them took a look at the two candidates, shrugged, and said "Looks like a tossup to me." I can't imagine the EU wants them much more than it wants the 30% who actually voted for it.
FinnKuhn 2y ago
Deciding to not vote is agreeing with the majority of those who did vote.
- casenmgreen 2y ago
  Thoreau would say voting is a joke anyway =-) a gentle wave of good-wishes as some vital cause happens to pass by.

casenmgreen 2y ago

I may be completely wrong, but it seems to me EU citizenship is actually really a thing. You have the citizenship of your country, and if that country is in the EU, also conferred upon you is EU citizenship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_citizenship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_citizenship

FinnKuhn 2y ago
That is what I am describing in my second sentence. You get it in addition to having citizenship of a EU member country, but you can't get it by itself (which is what the comment I replied to implied).