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+5 Yes, Puerto Rico is widely considered a colony—or often described as the world's oldest colony—due to its status as an unincorporated U.S. territory. While residents are U.S. citizens, they lack voting representation in Congress, cannot vote for president,

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[–] ArgentRaven@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I'll do you one better: I didn't even know who Bad Bunny was prior to this news cycle. Not my genre of music.

But I do remember the last time Puerto Rico was hit by a hurricane, and Trump didn't do shit to help. Because he's a vile piece of shit that would rather fuck kids, his daughter, and this country rather than help anyone.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

he didn't seem to know Puerto Rico was part of the US at all

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

At the time I thought that was a good reason why they would be better off if they chose to pursue statehood. We do much better with emergency response to states and we invest more in states for infrastructure and stuff. At least economically it would seem a strong positive.

But then Trump happened and somehow our representatives are allowing him to restrict emergency response by personal spite and and self-enrichment, so I just don’t know anymore