Comments by "Doncarlo" (@doujinflip) on "Why the US has birthright citizenship" video.

@TheEverFreeKing No, "well regulated" means that Congress can mandate standards for everything regarding the militia, including things like weapon type and rules regarding tracking, storage, and use. Congress just hasn't felt the need do more than fund the National Guards who absorbed all the proper militias and follow the standards of the federal forces.
166
Would've, had Canada not specifically declared the space Princess Juliana gave birth in as "extraterritorial" (basically like international waters). So since Princess Margaret was not born "in Canada", she was never issued a Canadian birth certificate which confers Canadian citizenship, and was not officially born on "foreign soil" that would render her ineligible for the Dutch throne.
23
@franciscojcsa6127 Nowadays it's only accredited diplomats, as Native Americans are subject to US federal law (not the state ones where their reservations are), and were accordingly all granted citizenship.
19
Compared to other countries, Americans get what they pay for in tax filings even while abroad for however long -- the US Embassy would send an officer to at least check up on Americans who are jailed or hospitalized, and offer repatriation on request (it's a pricey loan but always available as long as the embassy is operating); meanwhile many other citizens find their local diplomat won't bother to deal with a commoner.
17
@niyo919 The pie is shrinking not because of left-vs-right (lateral violence), but because of top-vs-bottom (class conflict). But this thinking gets called "socialist", even though redistribution is very popular once implemented -- just ask retirees, Alaska residents (through their Permanent Fund), and the surprising following of right-wingers who supported Andrew Yang for President.
12
Then it's not much different from before, when permanent residency was granted on arrival for merely surviving a boat ride... they even offered a legal change of name on the spot. This history escapes the critics whose own ancestors were often even more poor and lost when they first stepped foot on US soil.
7
In 1927, the US may have granted birthright citizenship to a bona fide king -- Rama IX of Thailand. He was born while his father was a student (not in diplomatic status) studying in Harvard accompanied by his mother. He never expressed his American citizenship, but he never renounced it either 🇹🇭👑🇺🇸
3