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Indeed. Also consider that vikings managed to colonise Iceland but not Greenland.
But they did colonise Greenland. They were there for 500 years.
I think the answer isn't that Denmark is hanging on to its colonialism, but rather that we've gotten over it more so than most other countries, and feel remorse. I think we feel an obligation to the native Inuit people - we smashed their culture and introduced them to alcohol, which - much like many other indigenous people around the world - they haven't evolved the same tolerance toward as Europeans have, making the…
One nation indivisible under God thats why.
Wild idea: I think we should turn Greenland into an into a new frontier nation with completely open borders for refugees and people who are up for the challenge of settling a new place. Sure, there's nothing there, but if you want to build something and there's nowhere else for you, have at it. EDIT: Out of curiosity, I started looking at Greenland on Google Maps and found this sweet shadow of the buggy they used to…
If we're not talking self sustenance, then the settling people would be supported by the existing civilization on Greenland, and it's already small, so it can not support that many.
I think the answer isn't that Denmark is hanging on to its colonialism, but rather that we've gotten over it more so than most other countries, and feel remorse. I think we feel an obligation to the native Inuit people - we smashed their culture and introduced them to alcohol, which - much like many other indigenous people around the world - they haven't evolved the same tolerance toward as Europeans have, making the…
Yeah I find this question rather weird. Why do countries not sell off their unprofitable parts? One nation indivisible under God thats why.
Which I think is an unsolidaric argument, but it's a possible one when you don't believe in "national unity" anymore.
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That works against non-NATO countries. If the US decided to turn its military basing agreements into ownership, there's not much anyone could really do to stop them. (If I had to do it, I'd follow the general pattern of greatly expanding those bases and the surrounding communities and eventually holding a referendum on whether the island should remain Danish or join the US - a referendum in which all the island's res…
> there's not much anyone could really do to stop them I would suggest that significant % of the remaining 28 members of NATO (including the nuclear armed Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Turkey) would come up with a few ideas.
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Yeah I find this question rather weird. Why do countries not sell off their unprofitable parts? One nation indivisible under God thats why.
One argument for Catalonian independence is that Catalonia is better off by itself. It's trying to shed the poorer parts of Spain. Which I think is an unsolidaric argument, but it's a possible one when you don't believe in "national unity" anymore.
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One argument for Catalonian independence is that Catalonia is better off by itself. It's trying to shed the poorer parts of Spain. Which I think is an unsolidaric argument, but it's a possible one when you don't believe in "national unity" anymore.
Did Spain ever have this "national unity" ?
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> there's not much anyone could really do to stop them I would suggest that significant % of the remaining 28 members of NATO (including the nuclear armed Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Turkey) would come up with a few ideas.
I don’t think any of those countries have their own nuclear weapons, unless you’re referring to US weapons controlled by US troops in those countries.