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RPR said:
I think the older a Puerto Rican gets the more cynical they become about independence.
Yes, you might be right! But in the long run its not about if we are cynical or not. The way things look, we may not have a choice in the matter. Its sad that despite being told for 109 years that we DO have a choice and the only thing is to vote for it, we will soon find out that this is not how REAL POLITIKS WORKS. Its a question of NATIONAL INTERESTS, not for us, but for the Gringos.
I think the solution to all of this is a middle ground status, only temporarily. Its been the way of a lot of colonies have done it. Yes there will be an exodus of about a million Ricans, but that's to be expected. We can absorb that loss. Didn't the U.S loose 80.000 loyalists to Canada and other places in the British Empire when the U.S. was born? We can replenish that loss with a government sponsored party, and BINGO, 9 months later they'll be 100,000 new Ricans!
Strange as it seems, as the things are going, its not us with the status problem, its "the others", the U.S. We know what we want. Spanish speaking Statehood, more welfare and to be taken care of for eternity. How to reconcile that with what is happening in the U.S with the immigrant question, I don't know.
However, a lot of Ricans are getting the message and leaving. The problem with this is, we might get stuck with a majority of illiterates, welfare loosers and Domincan immigrants who don't really like us.
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