Once again they were given a choice between becoming a state or remaining a territory. Not for independence. It’d be like offering a scrap of bread to a starving man in exchange for the man legitimizing your ability to keep him malnourished.

The ole adage of "the only thing worse than being exploited is not being exploited " comes to mind.

Since you can’t be assed to read your own damn wiki article I assume you’re just in bad faith.