Selling Citizenship: This is why people voted for Trump

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  1. Crosis36

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    I'm actually not surprised by that.
    I just feel pretty gross that it's even a thing.
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  2. 14thDoctor

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    Yup, Canada too.

    I don't mind it, it's just wealthy law-abiding foreigners setting up their wealthy kids with more options for the future. Best case scenario, those wealthy babies grow up to be wealthy adults and their dual citizenship inspires them to invest some of that wealth in North America. :clyde:
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  3. notnick

    notnick lost, as usual

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    do you actually believe this???? what in nature grants you your 'rights'. what if that bear exercises his 'natural' rights both you and your 'natural' rights will eventually become a pile in the woods. then your 'natural' right to be fertilizer will have come to fruition.
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  4. Coloratura

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    It feels like a form of human trafficking. "For the right price, we'll bring you to the US so you can have a baby that will be a US citizen."
    I WANT them to come to the US and that baby to be a US citizen, and the parents be safe to raise that baby here. Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, after all. It's the buying and selling involved that really makes me feel skeeved.
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    Rome lasted for over 2000 years for many reasons one of the most important was that it offered 'limited citizenship' to conqured people. this worked well for many years until the Social wars' broke out over the limits of that citizenship. you know one of the major results of that war? citizenship was granted to the entire Italian peninsula. eventually citizenship was granted to EVERYONE in the entire EMPIRE. maybe history (if you keep your eyes open) can actually teach you something
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  6. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    Dark side? All their grants go to universities and are publicly published.

    Would you like to see my partners work?

    Explain the dark side please.
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  7. Diacanu

    Diacanu Comicmike. Writer

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    They probably think you're an awful person for not wanting to commodify everything up to and including human flesh.
    Well, we know they do. Trump calls everything with the slightest drop of leftist critique to total chaos capitalism as "sick".
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  8. Steal Your Face

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    Agent orange.
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  9. Coloratura

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    Indeed. I must be some kind of sicko because I'm not willing to sell everything, including my "soul" in order to make an extra buck.
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  10. Ancalagon

    Ancalagon Scalawag Administrator Formerly Important

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    What the fuck does that even mean?

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    This is what my partner does you ignoramous!
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  11. Steal Your Face

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    Educate yourself.
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  12. Rincewiend

    Rincewiend 21st Century Digital Boy

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    Donald Trump?!?
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  13. notnick

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    you mean trump???? perfect name for him by the way both also have the same results after use
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