National Identity Renunciation Bureau

http://www.identityrenunciation.org/

We are born and socialized into our national identities. We learn to belong to a community defined by claims to a common culture, language, ethnicity, history, place, and religion.

This sense of identity is not ethically neutral. If we take pride in our nation and its members, we must also bear responsibility for their moral failures.

The National Identity Renunciation Bureau certifies indi-viduals who wish to renounce their national identity and free themselves from that responsibility. The Renunciation Bureau issues identity cards to such individuals after they undergo a rigorous application process.

This renunciation does not address the renunciant’s legal relationship to their nation or state. However, it has seri-ous consequences. The renunciant must forgo all special concern for their nation's past, present and future, and all feelings of national pride, attachment and belonging.

Only those who understand the gravity of this symbolic act are encouraged to apply.