Every Puerto Rican is an American citizen. Enjoy the Super Bowl.

I vaguely heard about a bad... something else. Pictured it way different.

We don’t live under it, we just prefer to listen to it.

Correct. The last vote barely failed. Think it was 51/49 or something close to that.

People indigenous to the island are very split between moving to closer alignment with the US via statehood or to move toward independence and ending the colonial commonwealth system. The only true consensus is that the current status quo is unsustainable and something needs to change.

Puerto Rico is unable to import or export directly to any country without going through the mainland United States first. This is a result of the Jones Act of 1920, shortly after PR gained citizenship but not statehood.

The Jones Act has caused some very fucked up consequences for hurricane relief like after H. Maria wrecked the island in 2017 and relief could not be provided from neighbors without a long extra trip to Florida for processing.

It's confusing now because it has been corrected.

While residents are U.S. citizens, they lack voting representation in Congress, cannot vote for president,

You might be talking about an uncle of mine. You've described him perfectly. I feel your pain ✊

You should call White Americans "Euro Americans", then. That may clarify things for this lost soul.

Those pochos are the worst kind, literally traitors to their country

Fuck da whites! We are in this together brother! Stand up and fight any ally is widely accepted.

Shhh don’t give away the plan…

Still worth considering that DC is called "Chocolate City" for a reason. It's a majority minory city. I've encountered at least a few political scientists who firmly believe that the biggest barrier for DC gaining statehood is that historically the American imperial project will support social goods until they're extended to Black people (with the New Deal being the commonly referenced example of this, as well as why building a gentler form of capitalism through social democratic reform should be viewed as good, but not as enough)

Poor, white people.

The rest of them live in Maryland and Virginia and commute to DC

thank you for your good humour.. I know I am generalizing which is usually not a good thing, but the frustration mounting over the last few years is really getting me now

Definitely agree with this, and also consider those who are unable to vote. By this i mean those who arent registered for whatever reason, or cant get to a poll. I encourage everyone to help with getting people to the polls this midterm: volunteer to drive people And share how on social media

Agreeing with your more detail breakdown, I cannot see how it contradicts what I posted before (which I think it's your intention here).

At the end of the day, the USA thought it best to eat battery acid (trump) or starve to death (not vote) rather than eating the cold hamburger that was available (Harris)

We can argue a lot about the flaws of a 2 party system and, most importantly IMO, how deeply corrupt the USA's version of "deMoCRacY" is... but at the end of the day, Americans decided to figuratively kill themselves and bring down the world with them, mostly out of fucking ignorance

Wrong OP, I think.

PR should get to decide if they want to join this clusterfuck or not. The bare minimum the US should do is allow PR to join if they want to, and guarantee military support if PR asks for it.

But not lately. They've been voting for becoming a state since Obama iirc, and they've been systematically ignored by Democrat and Republican administrations.

I must add, independence movements are rarely allowed by the oppressor. So, they shouldn't be bothered about what the USA will "let" them do, if they were inclined for independence, which, I repeat, is not the case with PR.

I didn't say it was a problem, on the contrary, I found it admirable.

They, contrary to all my hopes, want so bad to be a USA state, but it's looking like they are too brown to be "Americans" or they are far from being a priority for the government. The Trump administration seems fixated with the idea of a 51st state in the north. But, hey, at least they are not being economically blocked since the 1960s.

Maybe we'll use it as a launching pad to adopt Cuba as well.

I like to introduce myself as coming from America's biggest country. I might then mention that we only speak French here.

If you ask South Americans, at least some of them will tell you that America is one continent.

The day I told my 3rd graders in Colombia that there were 7 continents, it sparked a conversation I was not expecting (because that is what every social studies textbook said when I was in school in the US). Here, they only count five. That was the day I learned there is not an international consensus about what constitutes a continent.

Film yourself asking 100 people the same simple question

find 5 who are clueless

Only post the 5% of people who make for good content, never mention the other 95%

Morons lap this up as real

The ole Charlie Kirk youtube method didn't die with him I see.

I'm assuming you simply don't care for the Super Bowl otherwise?

That sounds a whole hell of a lot like they successfully wrangled your engagement.

I could, but mostly I'm preaching to the choir here.

Oh no, the Gen Alphas are infiltrating Lemmy

I fully understand. I've lived here my whole life and I am disgusted at our current leadership.

I never said that it's not an official language. Why accuse me of something I've not said? "Pointing out that this country’s identity is and should be about more than White English Speakers." Yeah, as I said, the show was okay. But I wished I could have understood the lyrics as well. And I think a lot of other people would have wished for that as well. The ending show sign was very good though.

You haven't read my comment by the way. I said I watched a video of it (on YouTube). There were no subtitles available under that video. I also haven't said that this show should've pandered to White English speakers. That's another baselesse accusation. I said it would have been a more powerful message, if the message he rapped about in the lyrics would have been at least partially understandable to English speakers. A mix would have shown how both languages are part of the same US-American identity. That's what I was about.

How the fuck am I supposed to know as a German that this show had subtitles in the original tv screening? By the way, most people on Reddit have mentioned that it actually didn't have any subtitles, so there were probably differences in to whom it was available. Maybe dependent on the tv station?

Fuck's sake man. Why do you make up shit to get offended about? We're on the same team. Some of you guys are a bunch of nitpicky assholes who thrive on finding things to argue about rather than trying to find things you might have in common.

Speaking Serbian in Germany is an affront to my United States heritage.

You know, this actually plays IN FAVOUR of my argument and shows that you know fuck all about Rammstein. When Rammstein made a song critical of US culture, they actually DID partiallly sing in English!

-> Amerika "We're all living in America! Amerika, ist wunderbar!" "This is not a love song This is not a love song I don't sing my mother tongue No, this is not a love song"

You guys don't know shit and yet you criticize me. And the absurd thing is that I'm not even criticizing Bad Bunny, but am in favour of his message.

Well, the minimum of main culture aspects being supporting the democracy, a certain amount of tolerance for others with different opinion and looks, rule of law. "well integrated subculture" meaning people joining an already exisiting main culture in different ways, like immigrants and not being openly hostile to people with other opinions or looks who stem from other subcultures/backgrounds without proper reason. An indication of a failed integration are parallel societies within one country.

Yes, I would agree with you that polite, nonviolent and maybe even friendly interaction is positive. The main culture aspect or fundamental understanding of the US society is problematic these days. One could even argue whether it's still exists. However, since there are many people who fight for it, you could at least argue that the idea still exists.

"we would be far poorer without the contributions from other cultures" Very much debatable. There are so many positive AND negative aspects of it. People from the ends of the political spectrum see it in a contrasting manner. Pro-immigration people will biased towards positivity á la "enrichment" while contra-immigration people will be biased towards negativity á la "criminals and rapists". The truth is somewhere in between - both things can be true at the same time, often depending on the individuals and group dynamics. It's complex.

The part about the food is very much true. The same thing is true for Turkish and Middle-Eastern food here in Germany and I very much enjoy it. An argument against it would be illegal immigration, human and drug trafficking, narco organizations, wage competition, wages without taxation and so on. On the other hand, you have great workers who value education for their kids, have good food, are sometimes lovely people, support the wobbly demographics and so on. I think we can all agree that your president and ICE are not a good solution for any of this though. It was never meant to be one.