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  • The majority of German dual citizenship holders are not the ones that live abroad though. They are ones that actively picked up the German citizenship and live in Germany.

    I never objected to them participating in German Elections. I objected to people voting in Elections where they don’t face the consequences.

    But I still think they should renounce their old citizenship if possible (If your country doesn’t allow for it like Iran or Argentina then you obviously need an exception to this rule)


  • But just think about someone that is working “montage” jobs and isn’t home two or three weeks at at time. Their voting documents will sit unused in their mailbox

    You can specify another address where they will send you your ballots. And you can allow a other one to vote on your behalf

    But yes, the rushed election date was idiotic. Normally you have 2-3 weeks more.

    There is a large group of people that have to use mail in votes because they don’t have the time and flexibility to vote normally. This voting option wasn’t invented for convenience.

    As someone working in a hospital I’m very well aware of this. But it was also invented for convenience, because it increases participation, which is good for democracy.

    That you can’t even fathom that such very common cases exist, shows the level of priviledge you are arguing from.

    In Germany we call this a Unterstellung


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    I also wrote that I want a fast path to citizenship for those people, I just said I didn’t like the part of the reform where you don’t have to give back the citizenship anymore when you pick up another

    I want a fast path to citizenship for people who want to live permanently here, or EU Citizens who moved to another state. But if you take up a citizenship of another state you should loose the German one, unless you have a good point and apply for an exception. That’s how it was a few years ago, and there is nothing unconstitutional about it


  • Right, because there are a few rich people that probably don’t bother to vote anyways

    That’s the majority destination of Germans emigrating, according to the German Statistical Office

    I wrote living abroad permanently. So yes, if you moved abroad permanently , and picked up another citizenship actively, yes I believe you shouldn’t be able to vote anymore in Germany.


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    If you want to die on that hill, then I guess that’s your opinion.

    But if someone emigrates to Switzerland or the US to make more money and pay less taxes and becomes a citizen there, I think it’s fair for them to return their German Citizenship and don’t have a say anymore in how this country is run

    What is not fair in my opinion is making decisions without having to deal with the consequences

    Comparing this with Remigration Plans is completely out of place in my opinion



  • What is Borderline Racist about my comments?

    I don’t think people should vote, who don’t have to face the consequences of their vote.

    It’s the same things with Turkiye which citizens don’t want Erdogan, but most Turkish Citizens living abroad vote for him. In Hungary and other autocracies it’s the same thing.

    I want a fast path to citizenship for people who want to live permanently here, or EU Citizens who moved to another state.

    But if you take up a citizenship of another state you should loose the German one, unless you have a good point and apply for an exception. That’s how it was a few years ago, and there is nothing unconstitutional about it




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    People who live abroad permanently shouldn’t be able to vote anyways. Also Dual Citizenship shouldn’t be allowed

    If you live abroad and not somewhere close to an German embassy, voting is usually not feasible without a lot of time and money involved

    Well if you moved abroad permanently then that’s a tradeoff you need to accept. DHL Express isn’t also that expensive (50-200€)