• bss03
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    25 days ago

    They are still U S. citizens, just not citizens of any state. Same thing can happen if you are born in DC or a military base not in a state.

    American Samoans are the ones that really get screwed. They are just U S. nationals. All the responsibilities of citizens (including the draft when it exists) but not all of the benefits.

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      24 days ago

      It was kind of my point that they were treated as second class citizens, like Samoans, just because of where they were born. Puerto Rico should be it’s own state already

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        23 days ago

        I think maybe the text of your post did not convey that sentiment, particularly given the reliability of Poe’s Law. Perhaps in the future, you might include a visible indicator that you are using satire?