Over the next fifty years one there will be a massive change in the way we view our relationship to our government.
Today, citizenship is a defining point of most people’s identity. It is something that is so deeply embedded in who we are that we don’t even think about it. We never question what it means or the pros and cons of having it.
Increasing migration and the politics around it are drawing the concept of citizenship out into the open. People are starting to ask what it means to be a citizen, who “deserves” to be a citizen, and what should go along with being a citizen.
As time goes on we will be asking more and more questions like those.
The relationship with the state will go from the unquestioned fact of a parent-child relationship to that of a voluntary relationship, where you consider being involved with a government not based on birth but based on the value it can provide to your life. We will go from placing our monopolized government service provider at the core of our identity, to considering our citizenship like we would consider any other business relationship.
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