Naturalization on demand and with no limit

When any particular government attempted to oppress its people, they would no longer be forced to pack up and flee.

They would merely exercise their newfound right to naturalize on demand.

Citizens would instantly and immediately transfer their citizenships to another, less oppressive country.

People would stay put physically, but become “Instant Expatriates” enjoying “Instant Political Asylum” and “Instant Extra-Territory” politically.

People would have the right to do this not just once, not just twice, but as many times as necessary to flee political exploitation.

What, if anything, would be wrong with such a scenario?

After all, haven't defenders of the modern nation state assured us that the political legitimacy of modern governments should be predicated upon the “consent of the governed?”

Haven't defenders of the modern nation state assured us that if “We the People” refuse to grant our consent, then modern governments have no moral or legal right to lord over us?

Haven't defenders of the modern nation state assured us that modern governments are our public masters, but rather our public servants?

Haven't defenders of the modern nation state assured us that human rights are universal moral values that trump national sovereignty and national jurisdiction?

This is not to ask whether most mainstream political thinkers are capable of lateral thinking regarding human political institutions.

Cultural anthropologists have long known that human collectives hold utterly irrational but deeply entrenched prejudices about what is “normal” and how the world “has to be.”

What we are asking is whether such a scenario is morally culpable.

Is it akin to advocating human sacrifice?

What we are asking is the very same question the people of England asked themselves back in 1215 AD, namely: “Why the hell not?”

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