US racism has been a constant

The United States (US) refuses statehood for Washington DC and Puerto Rico, because of racism. Please click on this link for more: https://youtu.be/ysuH92jB1N8

It is important to note that the US forefathers committed genocide against the indigenous people of North America in order to establish their artificial colonial settler state. Therefore, the US was founded on racism, and it has never stopped!

The video asked, "Whether the US is willing to live up to its founding principles, or whether political power matters more than democratic representation?" The reason why Washington DC and Puerto Rico will never become states is because the US only cares about political power. And even if they did become states, they would still not have democracy!

Today, almost 40 million Americans live in poverty, and another 201 million more live from paycheck to paycheck, while 9 of the 10 richest men in the world are also Americans.

The People's Republic of China, whom the US says is a dictatorship, has already eradicated poverty, despite having 4 times the US' population, and having 11 trillion dollars less in Gross Domestic Product than the US. Are you aware that today the bottom half of Chinese are doing 2 times better than the bottom half of Americans? Over 90% of Chinese are satisfied with their one party communist government, while only 35% of Americans are satisfied with their multi-party "democratic" political system.

The US has consistently refused to comply with 43 United Nations' resolutions demanding the immediate return of Puerto Rico's sovereignty to the Puerto Ricans. In the meantime, 6 million Puerto Ricans have abandoned their national territory (gentrification), and almost half of the 3 million people in Puerto Rico live in poverty too. And yet, the US has the audacity to claim that it supports Taiwan's inalienable right to self-determination and independence!

The US believes in racism now, racism tomorrow and racism forever!

US oligarchs hate democracy!