That’s why it seems insane to me. Why would Puerto Rico give up its position in the world to be a mere “state” of the USA, subsumed into the USA and without any international voice at all? Being a nation in commonwealth with the USA gives them, effectively, practically any advantage they could want regarding trade and travel into the USA, but their own sovereignty. To be stuck under the anglos forever, however–why? For two senators and five representatives? Talk about giving up your birthright for gruel!
PR statehood would probably mean the anglos would move in and start trying to take over, because they’d figure that PR couldn’t throw them out. The very fools who voted for this would become the lower class in their own country.
Like I said (by mistake) in the GQ thread, it’s insane.