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Due to recent events in the USA, there has been discussion against becoming a citizen by being born in that country.

Generally, is the a problem with jus soli and what is the alternative?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So, I'm gathering the issue with jus soli is basically racism, correct? And the goal is to reintroduce jus sanguinis then strip the right of those who "weren't supposed to have been citizens in the first place"?

[–] jhymesba 2 points 1 week ago

That's my take, at least. Jus Soli was implemented in the USA because Jus Sanguinis was going to be the racists' next tool to shit on Blacks, who were seen as animals to be used up and then discarded. We did a shit job of stopping this with Reconstruction, so here we are. We'll need to take the gloves off for these people, and punch them in the face (figuratively at least) until they get the idea that it's not cool to treat other people like shit.