# Beyond Dual Citizenship: The Case for Becoming a Rootless Cosmopolitan

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Podcast: [Plausibly Deniable](https://stenobird.com/podcast/plausibly-deniable-7648867)
Published: 2026-06-06T18:44:30+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/plausiblydeniable/episodes/Beyond-Dual-Citizenship-The-Case-for-Becoming-a-Rootless-Cosmopolitan-e3kd3j5
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NEED SOME PASSPORTS??https://citizenx.com/?ref=PlausiblyDeniableAlex from CitizenX joins Plausibly Deniable to explain the strange, funny, and increasingly important world of buying citizenship.We talk about why wealthy people are collecting passports, how citizenship by investment actually works, why Europe is cracking down on “golden passport” programs, and why more people are treating passports as geopolitical insurance. Alex breaks down the difference between residency, citizenship, and passports; the main tiers of citizenship programs; why El Salvador’s passport is different; and why places like Switzerland, Singapore, the UAE, Hong Kong, and the U.S. keep attracting millionaires even as the global order gets more unstable.We also get into exit taxes, global taxation, real estate risk, prepper psychology, offshore banking, prediction markets, insider trading rules, and why the best flex might not be a Rolex anymore — it might be seven passports.Sponsored by:Polymarket: https://polymarket.comZcash: https://z.cashCitizenX: https://citizenx.comNetwork Press: https://network.press_______________________________Plausibly Deniable: https://plausiblydeniable.orgLukas: https://x.com/SCHIZO_FREQSaila: https://x.com/sailaunderscore00:00 Passport flexing is the new Rolex flex00:46 Intro: Alex from CitizenX01:36 What CitizenX does03:00 Is “buying a passport” actually legal?05:51 Why the EU hates citizenship by investment07:11 Rich people want poor-country passports10:01 Who buys second passports?11:36 Crypto, trucker protests, and country risk12:46 Global taxation and FATCA14:34 The EU asset register17:15 Where wealthy people move19:12 Why UAE, Singapore, and Switzerland are hard to naturalize in20:49 Why Americans give up citizenship22:40 The decline of the U.S. passport25:1…

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