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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to receive Serbian passport, president says

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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to receive Serbian passport, president says::Serbia's president says Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak will be getting a Serbian passport

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Even the wealthy are getting their escape plans together...
- I'm not an expert in geopolitics, but Serbia isn't generally a place one escapes to.
  
  I don't know, I hear they have great cinema.
This is a confusing story. It says he's there at the behest of a progressive celebrity, but it's a boost to the right wing incumbent? So he's supporting the incumbent? Or they're just giving him a passport and he's not taking a political stance?
- He's there at the invitation of the current president who's doing an election campaign for his party, leading to parliamentary elections on Dec 17.
  The way they got in touch is through a celebrity who is a member of the political party in question.
  How is Woz going to help him I don't know, probably boasting that rich and famous want to become Serbians due to their policies.
  Edit: those qualifiers like "left-wing", "right-wing", "progressive" can be ignored due to being meaningless. The party happens to be called "Serbian Progressive Party" when translated to English
  
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  Ahh I see. Thanks for clarifying!
.... Why?
Nothing against Serbia, but the article lists absolutely no reasons for Woz to do this, aside from pointing out that it wasn't a paid gig. Does he support the policies of one party in Serbia? Does he have heritage or family there? Looking to start a business?
This whole thing is awfully light on the details, and feels a lot like general celebrity endorsements of "XXX was seen using YYY"
Serbia is relatively easy to emigrate to. Getting a passport is not that big of a deal there.
- It is even easier if you are a crminal. Just pay where needed and you'll never get extradited.
- I've heard it's a very unsafe place, from a friend of a friend who lives near Novi Sad.
  
  You could hear that America is a dangerous place from a friend in Detroit, or parts of California, or anywhere that recently had a mass shooting.
  I'm sure Serbia has nice places and not nice places, like almost every country.
  
  I've been to Belgrade and it was really nice. People were kind. I never felt unsafe.

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