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[–] [email protected] 82 points 9 months ago (13 children)

Can we call Americans who renounce their citizenship defectors too

[–] [email protected] 74 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ooh, hell yeah. Literally thousands of people are defecting from the US every year. Failed totalitarian dictatorship my people yearn for freedom no food etc etc

[–] [email protected] 62 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

As of May 15, 2023, a total of 5,315 US citizens have renounced their US citizenship in 2023. This is a significant increase from the 2,390 US citizens who renounced their citizenship in 2022. [source]

The number of North Koreans who defected to South Korea tripled last year, as the easing of border closures imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic encouraged students, women and diplomats to make the perilous journey. At 196

Why would people want to leave the greatest, most democratic country on earth? Even in relation to population the DPRK is clearly more democratic and popular if this is the unit of measurement, and this isn’t even counting the second half of 2023 for the U.S.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Also it's very expensive to renounce your US citizenship

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

USA has 12 times their population but 27 times (per capita) citizen renouncement rate.

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