• Anti-Face Weapon
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    716 hours ago

    The country of … Puerto Rico??

    A nation perhaps but why TF is he calling it a country

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      15 hours ago

      Because no one calls where they live a nation? Country is the generic people term for place you live, we don’t care about the legal distinctions and specifications.

      • Anti-Face Weapon
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        715 hours ago

        It’s less of a legal distinction and more of a definition thing. He is objectively using the wrong word.

        It would not be incorrect to refer to the people of Puerto Ricans as a nation by the definition of the word. The word nation does not refer to a place but a group of people.

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          15 hours ago

          Both words refer to both concepts.

          country

          1. A nation or state.
          2. The territory of a nation or state; land.
          3. The people of a nation or state; populace.

          nation

          1. A relatively large group of people organized under a single, usually independent government; a country.
          2. The territory occupied by such a group of people.
          3. The government of a sovereign state.
          • Anti-Face Weapon
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            14 hours ago

            This definition is not fully correct. A nation does not need to have a government. For example the Kurds