Speaker 1: Later Flex and Firms Flex and Firms. This is the
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Speaker 1: your citizenship denied for being too annoying? Listen to this
Speaker 1: TikTok from Kevin Newan forty six.
Speaker 2: Did you know that Dutch woman was once denied a
Speaker 2: Swiss citizenship for being too annoying? And this is because
Speaker 2: in Switzerland, naturalization is not decided at a federal level
Speaker 2: like it is in the US, but instead decided by
Speaker 2: the town, city, or the local area, and her town
Speaker 2: ided not to give her the gift of a passport
Speaker 2: because of how vocal she is about her lifestyle. For example,
Speaker 2: many people in our town see her as a vocal
Speaker 2: beacon who opposes many Swiss traditions. For example, she's vocal
Speaker 2: about opposing the Swiss tradition of putting bells around cows
Speaker 2: for ceremonial and practical reasons. For example, back in twenty fifteen,
Speaker 2: her application for naturalization was approved by local officials but
Speaker 2: then rejected by a vote, and many people rejected her
Speaker 2: application because of her criticism of the bell as well
Speaker 2: as her disrespect to the village.
Speaker 1: When you hear like that, it actually kind of makes
Speaker 1: a little bit of sense. Yes, in theory, her citizenship
Speaker 1: wasn't denied because she was annoying. But if to be
Speaker 1: a Swiss citizen, you must be compliant, and you must
Speaker 1: be celebratory in Swiss values, and you must uphold Swiss culture,
Speaker 1: and you don't do that. I can imagine while why
Speaker 1: some people be like, why do you want to be
Speaker 1: here so badly? What do you want to be? You
Speaker 1: can just hang out here like you're doing. Why do
Speaker 1: you want to be a citizen? It's interesting though, because
Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of people who are natives
Speaker 1: to the country that they are born in, or they
Speaker 1: were considered native because they were born here, don't consider
Speaker 1: the hoops people have to jump through to be considered citizens.
Speaker 1: I remember when my mum became a citizen. I was
Speaker 1: in primary school and I didn't understand the concept number
Speaker 1: one because I was like, I'm from here, aren't you
Speaker 1: from here? No? And you could imagine being a parent
Speaker 1: having children in a society in a country and you
Speaker 1: being the one who's like, you can't stay here, but
Speaker 1: they can. How would that even work? I couldn't really think,
Speaker 1: like the thing that made this make the most sense
Speaker 1: to me right, is imagine the whole world for apart. Right,
Speaker 1: all the structures, all the systems that be no longer exist,
Speaker 1: and you and I are in charge of building a
Speaker 1: new world from scratch. And thankfully you and I have
Speaker 1: access to a few buildings. You know, we stole a
Speaker 1: few suitcases and luggage with medicines. We've got a bit
Speaker 1: of that going. And you can cook and I can lead.
Speaker 1: Now we've got people. It makes sense, it makes sense.
Speaker 1: Let's get you on the tools. So now we have
Speaker 1: people who want to join, right, who want to have
Speaker 1: access to what we have access to, who want to
Speaker 1: share what we have, but they hate us, and they're
Speaker 1: not really a big fan of your cooking, and they
Speaker 1: don't really like what I believe in. Then you'd be like,
Speaker 1: why do you only want to why do you want
Speaker 1: to be here? Just be on the fringes. Anyway, the
Speaker 1: contradictions are rife because it really isn't that simple. And realistically,
Speaker 1: if someone's contributing to your economy, if they've been there
Speaker 1: for years and years and years, they should be entitled
Speaker 1: to the same perks. But then I was thinking, gosh,
Speaker 1: what does it take to become an Australian citizen. Really
Speaker 1: what would it take? And I know there's a huge
Speaker 1: test you have to do, like a really really long one.
Speaker 1: Could we do it? If they said to us, if
Speaker 1: you do not get an A plus A one hundred
Speaker 1: percent on this test, your citizenship is revoked. Could you
Speaker 1: do it? Let's see, I want to find out all right,
Speaker 1: to pass the test, you must answer the following twenty
Speaker 1: multiple choice questions, answer all five of the Australian Values
Speaker 1: questions correctly and get a mark of at least seventy
Speaker 1: five percent overall. Give me the values. That's what I
Speaker 1: want to see. Do you want to say? Okay, let's
Speaker 1: start with question number one. What do we commemorate on
Speaker 1: Antac Day A The landing of the Australian and New
Speaker 1: Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli, the arrival of the first
Speaker 1: free settlers from Great Britain, the landing of the first
Speaker 1: fleet at Sydney Cove. It's giving me away, Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: thank you. What are the colors of the Australian Aboriginal
Speaker 1: flag yellow, red, black period? What is the Commonwealth coat arms?
Speaker 1: A kangaroo and an emi? No? The national anthem Australian's
Speaker 1: National flower the official symbol of Australia, which identifies Commonwealth property?
Speaker 2: Yeah? Number three?
Speaker 1: Do we know that? Which identifies Commonwealth property in the
Speaker 1: animal's property? Oh? I understand, like when a product's Australian.
Speaker 1: What happened in Australia On the first of January nineteen
Speaker 1: oh one, the Australian Constitution was changed by referendum. The
Speaker 1: separate colonies were united into a federation of states called
Speaker 1: the Commonwealth of Australia. The Australian New Zealand Army Corps
Speaker 1: was formed. It's baby, Come on, Australiana. What is the
Speaker 1: capital city of Australia? Camera crazy? If I mean still,
Speaker 1: I think we're kind of eaten. Which of these is
Speaker 1: an example of equality in Australia. Everyone follows the same religion,
Speaker 1: men and women have equal rights. Everyone belongs to the
Speaker 1: same political party. Be in theory? Why not people? Okay,
Speaker 1: last one. It's not the last one of the practice test,
Speaker 1: but I'm sure we're nailing it. And what is the
Speaker 1: name of the legal document that sets out the basic
Speaker 1: rules for the government of Australia. Bored? I'm gonna say
Speaker 1: we passed, but I'm also going to say this is
Speaker 1: My issue with any kind of like theory. It's all
Speaker 1: theoretical and conceptual, and I don't think that anything any
Speaker 1: of this is really going to help someone assimilate into
Speaker 1: Australian culture, if anything's going to confuse them A lot,
Speaker 1: a lot, a lot, a lot like too much. It's
Speaker 1: a setup. It's a setup conspiracy. You've been listening to
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