Policy recommendations — 6 years to Citizenry

Imagine that you are asked to provide at least one policy recommendation geared toward making national citizenship more inclusive.

What recommendation would you propose, and why do you expect it to make citizenship more inclusive?

I agree with Lopez Guerra’s statement that there should be a reasonable standard developed to make citizenship more inclusive.

This would mean that living in a democratic polity for more than 6 years should afford you full political rights and obligations in his views. This could help make national citizenship more inclusive as the person would have shown a commitment to contributing to the society at hand, in taxes, most likely in social-cultural manners, and in contributing to the wider culture as a whole.

Though the time-term is arbitrary, a reasonable standard time should be developed, a year or two might be too little, but 10 years or so might be too much. 6 appears to be the sweet spot to show commitment.

The 6-year time would not require the person to prove their commitment through a value test for example. It would be assumed that in 6 years, for the person to have successfully and without a criminal record, lived in a named country — they would have also learned the culture, are paying their taxes, and are contributing to the community in one form or another.

If a person has stayed for 6 years, this person is committed and wants to be a part of the community and is purposefully contributing to the community.

(2022)