Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "Five Citizenships You Can’t Renounce" video.

  1. Whilst this comment is being written 2yrs after the video came out, the following is interesting to note: ANY country can choose to declare / recognise / grant citizenship to anyone they want, at their discretion. All the govt has to do is pass a law, make a decree or declare a class / category of people as citizens. The worst part - those affected don't get a say, they never get a chance to refuse. The other worst part - NO country has to let you renounce - it's solely at their discretion and on their terms. What I mean by class / category of people is for example: * Everyone of [X] religion * Everyone persecuted by [X] regime * Everyone who was a citizen but renounced * Any grandchild of a person persecuted by [X] regime * Anyone who goes to [X] country where they'd otherwise pay less tax * Etc. Currently four countries declare people to be citizens by means of class / category without the people ever having a say. Of those four countries, two make it basically almost impossible to renounce whilst two make it impossible. One of the two makes it impossible to renounce if doing so would lower your taxes. My genuine fear is that when the "name brand" countries get desperate for taxes, they'll suddenly either make it easy to become a citizen or they'll start declaring classes / categories of people to be citizens.
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