[corin_]

They care while you are a citizen, but you can renounce your US citizenship and they won't kill you for it.

I don't think how the US treats citizens living abroad is great, but it's not like you can't get away from it if you really want to.

[Menge]

Once you leave you are on a very small list and you no longer have any legal protections from perpetual US surveillance and potential harassment. Will you eventually be bulk added to some no trade or no fly list? A life is 20 presidents, each with a need to look tough and place blame on scapegoats like those anti-patriots abroad.

Further, that process requires a legal proceeding with the US to investigate you for potential liabilities that is now paid for by you.

The idea of citizenship is not representative of anyone's rights in the US, which is made all the clearer by the new renunciation terms. The US could switch to the british term subject since every US person is at a minimum a subject of investigation. :)