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Re:Math Has Changed the Shape of Gerrymandering by Xorakios on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:29PM (#36252756)
conflating Puerto Rico and DC statehood is frustrating to me.

Puerto Rico should choose independence or statehood, and the Congress should approve either way. Continuance of the colonialist/protectionist status is shocking.

But D.C. was originally not supposed to have any citizens. Only federal government offices, foreign embassies, and monuments/parks/museums. Perhaps Maryland can reclaim part of the district, as Virginia did.

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Re:Math Has Changed the Shape of Gerrymandering by lapcat on Thursday June 08, 2023 @11:37PM (#36252807)
> But D.C. was originally not supposed to have any citizens.

Times change. That ship has sailed. It's the 21st century now, not the 18th.

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Re:Math Has Changed the Shape of Gerrymandering by Xorakios on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @03:16PM (#36423020)
Fair enough, but maybe we should allow Maryland to take back most of the rest of DC.

The "no permanent residents" rule isn't necessarily bad

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