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[u/Howcanimakemore]

[u/j--__]

dc statehood is bad policy.

but what people forget is that dc was originally twice the size it is today. when a bunch of white people took up permanent residence in the southern portion of the district and couldn't vote, the problem was solved by giving that land back to virginia, the state that had originally donated it, and where those people's descendants are still voting to this day. the northern residential neighborhoods should have likewise been returned to maryland, the state that originally donated that land, but as it was only occupied by black people, white politicians couldn't bring themselves to care.

[u/WhatWouldKantDo → u/j--__]

DC has developed its own identity and government. They can stand on their own two feet and don't need (or to the best of my knowledge want) to be grafted onto another state. They wouldn't even be the least populous state

[u/j--__ → u/WhatWouldKantDo]

many larger, more populous cities have both their own identity and special independence from their state government. they'd see no difference and morally they'd be right.