git [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agoState Department slashes fee to renounce US citizenship by 80% to $450apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1118arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmings.world
arrow-up1118arrow-down1external-linkState Department slashes fee to renounce US citizenship by 80% to $450apnews.comgit [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square29linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmings.world
minus-squareHestia [she/her, fae/faer]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·3 months agoSo if I renounce my citizenship I won’t get arrested for treason, just espionage?
minus-squareoliveoil [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoThey’ve abducted and arrested non-citzens who have never worked or lived in the US and charged them for treason in the past. Julian Assange is an example of someone charged with treason. Does it make sense? No. Do they do it anyways? Yes. This is a rule-of-law country, unlike those backwards countries like Iran.
So if I renounce my citizenship I won’t get arrested for treason, just espionage?
They’ve abducted and arrested non-citzens who have never worked or lived in the US and charged them for treason in the past.
Julian Assange is an example of someone charged with treason. Does it make sense? No. Do they do it anyways? Yes.
This is a rule-of-law country, unlike those backwards countries like Iran.