The US Colonial Trap: Why Puerto Rico Couldn't Leave Like the Philippines

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Many Filipinos believe the Philippines would be better off if we stayed under American rule. This video compares the Philippines and Puerto Rico (both taken in 1898) to show what U.S. rule actually meant, and why only one was allowed to leave. 📺 Watch next:How the US 'Bought' the Philippines Without Asking Filipinos - https://youtu.be/gUpGVkM4Zq8 🇺🇸 US-Philippine History & Colonial Legacy (Playlist) - https://bit.ly/US-PH-history 📖 Get my book "Black Lives & Brown Freedom": https://bit.ly/3byGGEP 🎬 PART 1 OF A 3-PART SERIES: What If The Philippines Stayed Under America? (Part 1: The 'Commonwealth') What If The Philippines Stayed Under America? (Part 2: The 51st US State) What If The Philippines Stayed Under America?(Part 3: The 'Permanent' Territory) 🎥 Join my channel! — https://youtube.com/kirbyaraullo/join 🔔 Subscribe — http://goo.gl/yDgQmK 🍿 Be my Patron — https://www.patreon.com/kirbynoodle 📚 Books, merch, etc. — https://www.kirbyaraullo.com/books 🌐 Website — www.kirbyaraullo.com ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 00:00 What If the Philippines Stayed Under American Rule? 01:22 Same Starting Point: The 1898 Treaty of Paris 03:53 Unincorporated Territory: Citizenship Without Power 06:18 Hurricane Maria and the Cost of Having No Vote 08:30 The Theft: How the U.S. Took Puerto Rico’s Land 10:48 The Same Colonial Playbook in the Philippines 12:13 The Trap: The Jones Act and Colonial Economics 15:18 The Drain: Debt, La Junta, and Forced Migration 18:41 Why the Philippines Was Let Go — and Puerto Rico Wasn’t 20:11 Filipino Independence Was Not a Gift 21:49 What About Hawaii? Statehood for the Philippines? ☀️ ABOUT THIS VIDEO: This video explores U.S. colonial rule in the Philippines and Puerto Rico, comparing what happened after both were taken by the United States in 1898 under the Treaty of Paris. It examines the Insular Cases, unincorporated territory status, U.S. citizenship without voting rights, Hurricane Maria, the Jones Act, colonial land theft, debt, austerity, and why the Philippines was eventually granted independence w