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0 pointspvarangot4y ago0 comments

> How can you expect to participate in society, especially elections, without a decent command of the local language?

By hiring a local accountant and paying a small fortune in taxes? If I learn the language then yeah cool maybe I'll get into their politics thing but it's not that if I don't vote I'm not going to be a productive citizen. A lot of countries let you become a citizen without learning their language, most notably the US.

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realityking4y ago

> By hiring a local accountant and paying a small fortune in taxes? If I learn the language then yeah cool maybe I'll get into their politics thing but it's not that if I don't vote I'm not going to be a productive citizen.

Being a part of society is a lot more than working and paying your taxes.

> A lot of countries let you become a citizen without learning their language, most notably the US.

An English test is required to become a naturalized US citizen. https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/learn-about-citizenship/th...

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