Citizenship Leads to Value, Worth

Citizenship Leads to Value, Worth

Being an American, a citizen of the United States, has rights and privileges that many people in the world seek. Beyond the political and civil rights that we enjoy, we have military and economic powers and authorities that few others have access to. We gain these collectively and individually.

Germans, French, British, Canadians, Australians, Japanese, and others compete for the same privileges. First worlders have their benefits.

The United States and its membership is like being a member of a premium insurance company. We pay our dues in different ways and we are backed up, supported, by many institutions and economic structures that buoy us.

People want this, it is natural. Some Mexicans want it. Most Salvadorans and Hondurans wish to have these powers.

People in war torn countries like Syria, Somalia, and Yemen wish to have these protections and rights, an insurance that provides for so much.

It makes sense that people come to the United States and plead asylum. Health and life insurance push us to do so much.

Our value as human beings pushes and pulls us to act, and to be acted upon.

This is no game with "hit points" or face cards.

This is life.

We value certain national citizenship more than others.

That is how things flow, more or less, on a planet of 7 billion plus world citizens.