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This is distinctive for the US from what I understand. People in most western countries don't have to report to them once they've left other than to renew passports.

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That's correct, the US does taxes by citizenship, whereas most countries do it by residence.

In other words, US citizens are US property.

It gets worse: you can give up your US citizenship, but the US claims you must file taxes (and PAY taxes) for 10 years afterwards.

We are chattel.

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