That you're a fellow citizen who has the same rights and rules as I. I don't care about your fucking kids your family or your church it's not my problem I only have to look out for myself and those I care about and you do the same
Is there any citizenship that doesn't boil down to paper? If you say your proud to be an American pay taxes and the like but aren't legally a citizen by our government would you consider them a citizen
Nationality. Shared heritage, ethics, culture, etc. That's the only thing that gives "American" a real-world meaning, not what legal rights/status the government says someone has.
A fundamental part of nations is that the people in it care about each other.
What does that mean in practice?
That you're a fellow citizen who has the same rights and rules as I. I don't care about your fucking kids your family or your church it's not my problem I only have to look out for myself and those I care about and you do the same
Paper citizenship, then? So it could just as easily be Mexican, or Canadian, or Chinese, or any other government as long as the papers are the same.
Is there any citizenship that doesn't boil down to paper? If you say your proud to be an American pay taxes and the like but aren't legally a citizen by our government would you consider them a citizen
Nationality. Shared heritage, ethics, culture, etc. That's the only thing that gives "American" a real-world meaning, not what legal rights/status the government says someone has.
A fundamental part of nations is that the people in it care about each other.