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How does the concept of the global citizen survive? You have a group of citizens who are expected to perform military service, and another group who aren't rea
by benj111 7mo ago
How does the concept of the global citizen survive?
You have a group of citizens who are expected to perform military service, and another group who aren't really invested in the country and don't have to serve.
- throw-the-towel 7mo agoThis concept never existed, it was always an illusion.
- MarsIronPI 7mo ago> How does the concept of the global citizen survive? Why do we need this concept? Find a country you can be proud of, become a citizen, join its culture, and defend it when it is threatened. Don't go live somewhere or get citizenship just because it's convenient.
- benj111 7mo agoWe don't. But nationalism is out of fashion, there's an expectation that you can move to a different country for work etc. I agree with you, and I think a lot of the west's issues with immigration stem from not demanding this of immigrants past and present. But the left isn't engaging with this conversation, and the right are just making hay with the fact that 'immigration isn't working'. So yes I agree, but that isn't the conversation anyone else is having.