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That’s why they have to start petition for the statehood now instead of ending up like the EU, who has accepted the fate of becoming another Puerto Rico without resistance.
Being able to travel to mainland United States to work is still better for the ordinary people instead of being without citizenship while having their economy swallowed by the US empire, like what is happening to the Europeans right now. They can’t just leave Europe and move to America without petitioning for an immigration visa, but if they become a US state, they can move freely to the US for work.
This might have had some persuasive power back in the 1950s when there still was an American dream for certain workers. But today giving up healthcare in return for the opportunity to enjoy the marvels of the American labour market would be batshit insane.
Things are going to be shittier in Europe due to American exploitation, including the welfare state, but that doesn't mean they're not going to be any better in Burgerland.
And, more importantly, the people's of Canada, Panada and Greenland do not want to be Americans. They know that it would make things worse for them.