America Made Me A Citizen Without Consent, Then Terrorized Me With Paperwork

Bureaucracy? Meet childhood trauma.

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The passport of a freshly minted dual US/UK citizen, unwittingly saddled at birth with additional annual obligations which will cost £2,000 to escape.

America, the Land of the Free, is hard on its citizens. Have you seen? People in America get prison sentences of 200 years. Except rapists. They get elected to senior positions in the judiciary and government.

Look, there's a lot to love about the country. My year in the Bay Area, aged 7, was memorable. My 2016 drive up the Pacific coastline from San Francisco to Ashland, Oregon, infused me with joy. Plus, have you ever met friendlier serving staff? Nothing motivates kindness to customers more effectively than the fact that you rely on tips to meet your basic living expenses.…