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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.
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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.
It's the argument that The Intercept seemed to be making. I don't disagree that it's a colony, i just disagree that the government's decision to borrow too much is an expression of colonialism.
The last vote on this a majority voted for independence but the US Govt still said no
Somehow the 2012 referendum passed me by - my bad. But the vote was for statehood, not independence.
h2o
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.