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The Intercept is hard to read.
I mean, successive Puerto Rican governments borrowed too much money to try to prop up the economy. I don't see how that's colonialism. And most Puerto Ricans say they prefer the status quo to statehood or independence.
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I mean, successive Puerto Rican governments borrowed too much money to try to prop up the economy. I don't see how that's colonialism
That's not really the argument. The UN has been calling PR a colony since the 1950's and it's hard to argue otherwise.
And most Puerto Ricans say they prefer the status quo to statehood or independence
The last vote on this a majority voted for independence but the US Govt still said no.
marcomarcos
And haircuts in Puerto Rico
https://theintercept.com/2017/05/09/puerto-ricos-123-billion-bankruptcy-is-the-cost-of-u-s-colonialism/