Also independent UN administration and observance of the poll to ensure impartiality and trustworthiness

3. Options are Status Quo, Independence, Statehood, and Free Association.
4. Ranked-Choice vote over 1 month period in order to maximize turnout.
5. Final result concludes with either immediate statehood admission or instant entry into negotiations for free association/independence.

Puerto Rico discourse is back so I’m repeating what I think would be a definitive referendum.

1. Voters are all current residents of the island, mainland PR citizens and their children and grandchildren.
2. Voting is mandatory on the island and comes with a steep fine if ignored like in Australia-

Well if that’s the case I’m a Thespian

I think this post and its reactions discount the ways in which Americans have been ‘resisting’ on a local and state level. I don’t blame foreigners for being infuriated by this post’s implicit complacency but please don’t forget we have had real, prolonged movements in Minnesota etc.

Descendants of the white Americans in the Southeast who owned slaves and founded the confederacy. The entire culture is literally just racism and they’re the core of Maga. Scum of the earth

White Southern culture as a whole has got to be the most worthless and evil regional identity on planet earth.

This is technically the case for American Samoa, where people do not receive citizenship in return for greater autonomy than Guam or the Marianas. I believe their citizenship applications are fast-tracked in some manner too.

I once had a MAGA highschool instructor who said that it is argued that “illegal aliens” aren’t under the jurisdiction of the USA so their children aren’t eligible. Problem being if they weren’t under the jurisdiction of the land than they would be diplomatically immune and thus undeportable.

I constantly remind myself of the obligations I have to atone for what I as a member of the oppressor class in the US I am implicated in by my mere existence.

It’s very difficult and painful for one to accept that there is no reason for their country to exist, and by extension, oneself.

What Bluesky really needs is more Anitwt “T20 genre OAT” posters

Some bare minimum first 2 years actions should be

-6 new SCOTUS justices to cancel the fascists, there’s no stated numerical limit to the bench.
-Extensive corruption and war crimes trials for all major Trump II officials.
-Trustbusting of major tech companies and intense ai+algorithm regulations.

I don’t think a “lawless” society is truly possible because even the mere allowance or banning of an act is codifying its role in a society.

My point is not that the law as it currently exists isn’t a system of oppression, or that racial injustice is not entrenched in the current systems. I was simply making the point that it is a law unto itself to decree if hate crimes or other injustices will be prosecuted or allowed.

The lack of punishment is in this hypothetical ”the law” unto itself

A “lawless” society would not be able to prosecute hate crimes so yes

This has got to be intentionally trying to increase anti-semitism right? I have a problem with the “Israeli government tries to increase anti-semitism” claim since it often comes with an implicit “and that’s why we shouldn’t care about anti-semitism” but this is just like

My favorite character

Something like ranked choice for

-Statehood
-Independence
-Territorial Status Quo
-Free Association Compact

That sounds fair. I think it should also be structured like the 1949 Newfoundland referendum where one choice has to get an outright majority, and it is revised every round. That way the decision is unambiguous.

How about all adults with proof of residency in Puerto Rico at any point in their lives are allowed to vote in a nationwide referendum. This would exclude some of the diaspora but it is a pretty clean way of making sure all Puerto Rican citizens get a say.

A Puerto Rican mutual of mine said that the mainland diaspora should get to vote too but I’m not sure how achievable or fair that would be to islanders. I’m not necessarily opposed to that it’s just not really ever been done in similar situations like Quebec.

To solve any prior referendum controversies or ambiguities the vote should be 100% mandatory like in Australia.

Well I’m just an American so I think whatever Puerto Ricans choose is good as long as it’s their choice.

We should make Puerto Rico the main country and make the mainland a territory

I apologize for my cavalier response. I support all Puerto Ricans in the world getting to vote on their self-determination and I respect whatever future they decide upon, and will advocate for such.

Mandatory vote is only for islanders.

So the 3,000 Puerto Ricans in Toronto probably aren’t getting a vote but I don’t think it’s too significant.