Mastodawn

me before: PR going back to Spain is a hard-line right-wing position for sure

me now: wait. Becoming a Spanish "nationality" would basically mean PR is heavily autonomous, while still having "federal" representation, protecting its culture/language stuff, and people wouldn't need to be afraid of us "ending up like our neighbors", which seems to be a big hangup? And we'd get EU membership as a nice side?

I feel like I need to think about this more, but it's looking really fucking nice compared to becoming a US state or the current status, and it would ease fears about having to fare for ourselves?

Other boricuas only: What are y'all's thoughts?

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jdm2 🇵🇷1d ago

@zkat nah. Independence or nothing in my case.

Even if it’s a harder existence. Even if we are still circling the clogged toilet that is US foreign policy in the Caribbean. Even if it means someone gets debanked or sanctioned.

It is non negotiable for me.

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kat 1d ago

@Jdm2 I'm probably sticking to this one too in the end. I just... don't want folks to end up in a worse situation out of idealism, you know? And also I was thinking in practicalities (as in, the fear of things being so much worse is what makes independence such a low % of the vote, even if it would get mine, over ELA/Statehood)

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medio pocillo ☕

1d ago

@zkat @Jdm2 As I understand it they would restore ES citizenship to those who want it but not necessarily meddle with territorial status. If it is like that I would seriously consider having that EU passport.

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kat

@mediopocillo @Jdm2 if PR were to become a "nacionalidad" like Catalunya/Basque Country/etc, it would basically boil down to an ELA with federal representation and an EU passport instead of a US one.