• bluGill@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    Lat I heard the independence supporters (claimed!) that the votes were not fair and so they stayed home. I’m not really in position to look into it. I’m all in favor of statehood if they want it.

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      11 months ago

      Long story short, Puerto Rico doesn’t want to leave the USA. All of the choices the people tend to sincerely consider (regardless of reason) are some sort of deep relationship with the US mainland, whether statehood, status quo, or Free Association.

      That’s the long-standing baseline of the past 70 years