Cll,
You get your independence movement going, and get a majority to vote for it, and you can self govern... of course this movement doesn't exist.. and whenever statehood comes up, support for that too does not pass. So, hardly are you the subject of tyranny.
I don't think the US is going to forcibly force PR to remain a protectorate if the majority through process voted to change its status. However, that hasn't happened, and even today doesn't seem very likely to happen. Indepence is a non starter with support, and full statehood never seems to win.
If living in a protectorate/commonwealth is such a burden to your life and body, move to the mainland, vote for statehood or rally for independence.
Griping about unconstitutionality of something that is clearly constitutional whether you agree or not, is not going to get you anywhere.
Okay, let me put it this way.
We agree that Puerto Rico is subject to the territorial clause of the Constitution, which means that it is Congress that makes the rules. Fine.
All we ask is that Congress give us a vote, which has never happened, on non-colonial or non-territorial options, namely, statehood or independence.
We can have a thousand locally produced votes here on the matter, but they mean nothing until Congress gets involved, which it hasn't.
In the meantime, and as the White House Intergovermental Affairs working group acknowledged, in the United States there exists a state of tyranny (okay, call it a benevolent tyranny, but it is a tyranny nonetheless) where it concerns over four million of its citizens, because Congress has chosen to hold on to the territories as mere colonies or provinces indefinitively. If the United States is proud of that then we shouldn't go preaching democracy around the world until we solve this problem here at home.
And thank you for your interest.
Cheers,
cll
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States of America.