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by jleyank 146 days ago
Puerto Rico is not a country, today, but is analogous to Greenland. They could vote to become closer to the US or vote to distance themselves. Similar to all less-than-independent regions held by larger countries. Remnants of the age of exploration or before, or the crumbs left from wars.

Pushing the me-strong logic to the (absurd?) limit, why isn’t California a country? Or New England? Or the red state swath of the US?
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pjmlp 145 days ago
Given how MAGA thinks about people coming from Puerto Rico, I would assert they wouldn't manage to grasp that.
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jleyank 145 days ago
Do they realize who actually lives in Greenland and that it’s not green? Or do they think they’ll just deport them all back to where they came from (sigh) and warm the place up?
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