I mean if Greenland is a country even though it’s only autonomous and not independent, why not Hong Kong or Puerto Rico? Hong Kong is autonomous. Puerto Rico isn’t but why not anyway.
#Make Hong Kong and Puerto Rico countries
unreal jay
quaint tinsel
I mean if Greenland is a country even though it’s only autonomous and not indepe...
Well Greenland has home rule meaning it’s self-governing but part of Denmark and it was heavily requested
Hong Kong is being actively cracked down on by China and will lose it’s SAR status eventually anyway
Puerto Rico although would be nice is merely a territory of the US and if we include it then we kinda have to include like, all the overseas territories of the world (USA, France, UK, etc.)
unique slate
Puerto Rico is under USA law. They are considered Americans. It’s not independent and if they tried it would not go their way.
solar compass
Puerto Rico is under USA law. They are considered Americans. It’s not independen...
I thought USA was the land of freedom but yeah after Trump came it became the land of freedom fighters
unique slate
How it’s under the constitution and the USA. They are all US citizens and most of them move to the mainland.
proper aurora
Denmark is a bit kind to their territories compared to USA and China let's just say that
unique slate
USA territories are treated the same as the mainland. They are all citizens of the USA and are protected under the Constitution.
unique slate
Denmark is a bit kind to their territories compared to USA and China let's just ...
Didn’t know forcing native population to not have children is kinder but ok.
proper aurora
Didn’t know forcing native population to not have children is kinder but ok.
I meant in terms of autonomy
Not overall
unreal jay
Didn’t know forcing native population to not have children is kinder but ok.
the us isn't kind to puerto rico bro
unique slate
the us isn't kind to puerto rico bro
How? It’s treated the same. They actually have more freedom there than in the mainland.
unreal jay
How? It’s treated the same. They actually have more freedom there than in the ma...
well the us is criticized for not doing much during natural disasters in puerto rico, and taking a “lenient” or “don’t care” stance to its status, whether to be a state or stay a territory forever, also it might be “kind” in your perspective now but it wasn’t historically, because the us imposed the flag law (which was later repealed but still) and brutally killed people that wanted independence, and they also did mass surveillance on puerto ricans in the 1970s
also puerto ricans are us citizens yet can’t vote making many puerto ricans feel like they’re a “colony”
and puerto rico’s economy has been in recession for decades