Show some grit, fair-weather Aussies, utopia is not across the ditch
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Viewing citizenship in this way presents obvious problems. Indeed, one effect of dual or multiple citizenship is it has dramatically lowered the cost of exit from the community. For previous generations, a decision to migrate meant a one-way ticket. It was a decision locked in for generations.
Now, armed with more than one passport, people can always change their mind and return without too much difficulty. There’s a temptation to sit out your country’s troubles, and only come back when things improve.
It’s a temptation particularly for progressives. When faced with defeat, many progressives opt for educated despair. If political change didn’t happen, it’s the fault of an ignorant electorate or of underhanded conservatives. If an election result disappoints, it’s as though a Brechtian solution were the answer: dissolve the people and elect another.
The economist Albert O. Hirschman once wrote that, when faced with organisations or societies one believes are underperforming, people have two choices: exit or voice. You can either choose to leave or opt to speak up about change.
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