...why don't we? From the BBC:
Nor does Slovakia merely talk the talk. I've known third and fourth generation Americans who have turned around and gotten Irish citizenship by virtue of descent. In keeping with with our mission to always be prepared for the worst, I wondered how hard it would be to pick up a second passport from the ancestral homeland.
In short, pretty much impossible. Slovakia doesn't give citizenship to:
"Slovakia says it will only accept Christians when it takes in Syrian refugees under a EU relocation scheme. [...] Interior ministry spokesman Ivan Netik said Muslims would not be accepted because they would not feel at home. [...] "We could take 800 Muslims but we don't have any mosques in Slovakia so how can Muslims be integrated if they are not going to like it here?""Slovakia, like most of Central Europe, had to hold on to its culture through waves of migration, invasion, and attempted violent cultural conversion. Thus you'll notice an unstated premise in Mr. Netik's words that you would be hard pressed to get from a Western European. Slovakia is Christian, and they are not looking to change faiths or to apologize for that fact. An American would snivel when saying those words, as though he were a naughty little schoolchild, but Mr. Netik merely speaks the truth and expects it to be accepted.
Nor does Slovakia merely talk the talk. I've known third and fourth generation Americans who have turned around and gotten Irish citizenship by virtue of descent. In keeping with with our mission to always be prepared for the worst, I wondered how hard it would be to pick up a second passport from the ancestral homeland.
In short, pretty much impossible. Slovakia doesn't give citizenship to:
- Criminals.
- Those who don't speak the language.
- Deadbeats of any kind.
Additionally, citizenship only comes after a long litany of other resident statuses, each of which have equally stringent guidelines, and all of which are pretty much impossible to meet for someone whose marketable skillset doesn't translate well across borders.
America, of course, does exactly the opposite, the more useless, the better. Poor huddled masses and all...
Think about that for a second. For all the propaganda you've imbibed to promote the American way, which policy is the natural one, that of America, or that of Slovakia? Is it right to apologize for being who you are, in the country your ancestors built, or is that insanity? Mr. Netik truly has no reason to apologize to anyone, because his children will inherit a Slovak Slovakia. Who knows what America's children will wake up in...
