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Proud to be a European
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As a European it makes me proud to get a direct shout out from Linus 🫶🏻
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He’s a naturalised American citizen as of a decade or two ago, IIRC.
Has a dual citizenship of Finland and the USA, so still a European citizen too.
Wouldn’t he have had to renounce his Finnish citizenship to be naturalised?
In any case, as he’s based in the US, the European culture of taking an entire month off a year, and of almost everyone in the same country taking time off at the same time and things shutting down for a month, wouldn’t be something he participates in. Even if he had 30 days of leave a year and took all of July off, in the US that would be a personal idiosyncracy (“that’s just Linus being Linus”) rather than a mass cultural phenomenon.
You can be a citizen of multiple countries at the same time, as long as all of them allow dual/multiple citizenship.
The US used to require new citizens to renounce other nationalities, and I haven’t heard of them changing this. Rupert Murdoch had to renounce his Australian citizenship when he became a US citizen in the 80s. I think Linus was naturalised in the 90s or 00s, so not too long after.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/before-you-go/travelers-with-special-considerations/Dual-Nationality-Travelers.html says that dual citizenship is allowed. From that page:
Wikipedia says:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_nationality_law#Dual_nationality
Kinda weird that it seems weird there that working for a year earns you 4 weeks off. Probably something to do with workers unions.
This is what we have in Australia. It's mandatory to get at least 20 days (4 work weeks) of PTO per year.
What does naturalised mean in that context?
Sounds like a label you'd put on meat or vegetables.
He got a citizenship after the fact, rather thab by the virtue of his birth (on US soil or to a US citizen parent). More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization