You're so disproportionately upset about some minor administrative hassles. I certainly don't find it "exploitative" or "unjust" that Americans retain the rights and responsibilities of citizenship worldwide.
No one's stopping you from renouncing your citizenship if you're really this upset about it. (I'm sure this suggestion will trigger a long screed about how tragic the exit penalty is)
> You're so disproportionately upset about some minor administrative hassles.
Aka getting robbed, in a way no other country would dream of doing. We've been over this...
> I certainly don't find it "exploitative" or "unjust" that Americans retain the rights and responsibilities of citizenship worldwide.
Being this disingenuous is generally considered bad faith and rude.
> No one's stopping you from renouncing your citizenship if you're really this upset about it.
There's literally all kinds of exit penalty...
> I'm sure this suggestion will trigger a long screed about how tragic the exit penalty is
Well, no, because other people have already pointed this out.
Also, it's obviously bad, because no other country in the world charges a higher exit fee, or gets so petty about renouncing citizenship.
And even though you know all this, even though it's literally the worst in the world, from multiple angles, even though it's costing you time and money for no return, even though you get absolutely nothing out of it - you will get into a three day argument rather than accept that it's uncool. Bizarre.
... "Please Uncle, tax me more and make me do more forms, and make everyone else do it too so I can flaunt my fantastic form-filling skills". Truly, the diversity of humans on the planet is something to behold.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Fundamentally, I don't think it's bad to require that wealthy citizens pay taxes. I don't think I'm being "robbed" - I pay higher taxes where I'm resident, so I just fill out some forms to tell Uncle Sam what I've already paid and it zeroes out my US tax liability.
Far from being unjust, I think it's good and proper that you can't run away to Dubai to skip out on your obligations.
The US government does plenty of things I consider unjust. To take one obvious example, it has, without due process, killed its own citizens in drone strikes. I just don't consider making wealthy business owners do paperwork among its crimes.
No one's stopping you from renouncing your citizenship if you're really this upset about it. (I'm sure this suggestion will trigger a long screed about how tragic the exit penalty is)