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Context: Donald Trump spewing bullshit about annexing Canada and Greenland. Meanwhile, Congress has been dragging their feet for YEARS on resolving Puerto Rico's territorial status.

Citizens living in US territories do not receive equal representation in congress. For instance, PR has one "delegate" to the House (not an official voting member) and no senators. Taxation without representation.

Although, at this point I wouldn't blame PR if they changed their minds about wanting to become the 51st state.

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[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Please don't be so condescending.

We are trying to have better conversations here, and mocking someone really doesn't help.

(Edited because person replying had a very solid point.)

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Disagree or not, let's not turn "reddit refugee" into some kind of insult. Damn near everyone on this site is a reddit refugee. Lemmy is a great alternative to reddit because it feels welcoming around here, and comments like that really fuck up the whole ethos.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

That's fair. I'm just tired of that kind of aggressive commenting. It doesn't lead to conversation or growth.