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.
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.
MY Country
“Fuck you got mine” mentality here
The country of … Puerto Rico??
A nation perhaps but why TF is he calling it a country
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.
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.
Both words refer to both concepts.
This definition is not fully correct. A nation does not need to have a government. For example the Kurds
Yes but my point is that he’s not using the wrong word.
Edit: also Kurdistan exists
They used the right word in common speak, any other word would feel out of place.