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Re:Peter Thiel only spent 12 days in NZ before being granted... by raleighm on Thursday June 29, 2017 @03:09AM (#14661367)
What's "fallacious" about the view that countries shouldn't issue citizenship for capital as an investment vehicle might shares?

(Incidentally, pointing to the mere existence of somewhat analogous programs elsewhere in the attempt to justify the grant literally is fallacious. Inferring an ought from an is.)

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Re:Peter Thiel only spent 12 days in NZ before being granted... by CamperBob2 on Thursday June 29, 2017 @04:25AM (#14661623)
Why shouldn't they?
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Re:Peter Thiel only spent 12 days in NZ before being granted... by raleighm on Thursday June 29, 2017 @06:09AM (#14662033)
Should they? If yes, what's the argument, and can the conception of "citizenship" it assumes be reconciled with how most people view the meaning of their own citizenship? I suspect there would be significant tension there, but in any case that's not really my point. It's that there's a distinction between fallacy and opposing viewpoint.
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