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conflating Puerto Rico and DC statehood is frustrating to me. Puerto Rico should choose independence or statehood, and the Congress should approve either way.
by Xorakios 3y ago
conflating Puerto Rico and DC statehood is frustrating to me.
Puerto Rico should choose independence or statehood, and the Congress should approve either way. Continuance of the colonialist/protectionist status is shocking.
But D.C. was originally not supposed to have any citizens. Only federal government offices, foreign embassies, and monuments/parks/museums. Perhaps Maryland can reclaim part of the district, as Virginia did.
- lapcat 3y ago> But D.C. was originally not supposed to have any citizens. Times change. That ship has sailed. It's the 21st century now, not the 18th.
- Xorakios 3y agoFair enough, but maybe we should allow Maryland to take back most of the rest of DC. The "no permanent residents" rule isn't necessarily bad