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Elon Musk supports eliminating voting rights for people without children
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Why oh why do we care what this cuck says? He’s not even a citizen.
We definitely shouldn't care what he says; He's probably just begging for attention. But he is a US citizen. A quick search shows he became one in 2002.
I meant to say not born here so he can’t run for president. Clearly wasn’t thinking when I typed it out. Anywho, thank you for the correction.
look how “being born in the USofA” as a prerequisite to being a USofA president turned out...
Who would have the power to stop Elon Musk from running for President?
Presidents are also not supposed to be actively running their businesses while also being President. But Trump brazenly didn't even pretend to not be running his companies while in office. Nobody could stop him.
So if Elon Musk was like "I'm running for President" at what point does someone have the power to stop him? Who has the power to stop him from taking the office if he wins? It seems like a lot of those things we learned were impervious norms were really just impotent words that have no actual enforcement system behind them. And Republicans love breaking such norms.
I'll also point out that according to rightwing folklore, we already had an illegitimate African president who served two terms. I think Republicans would run Elon just to troll.
It's weird that America still discriminates against its citizens based on the country of their birth, something they can't control.
Countries in the Americas are actually pretty unique in that most of them follow jus soli, where citizenship is granted just by being born in that country. The "old world" mostly uses jus sanguinis where citizenship is determined by family lineage, although some countries grant exceptions.
There's a lot to be said about the treatment of immigrants in various communities throughout many of these countries, but the issue you're raising here seems to be a consequence of a pretty decent policy.
Än immigrant who is an American citizen but wasn't born in America can't be president. That is the discrimination I'm talking about.
I'm not sure how much that bothers me