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Re: Greenland Crisis

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Its the latest manosphere talking point. Pretty much a repeat of saying all protestors are paid by George Soros and the Clintons.

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"The Left" (by which I presume you mean any American who still believes in the US Constitution, individual liberty, or limited government) understands that our position as world leader hinges upon the trust of our allies, and that we already had all of the access to Greenland that we needed.

Re: Greenland Crisis

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It is too short sighted to blame this all on Trump. The core issue is the West has abdicated its sovereignty and military to the US long ago.

The core issue is that the current US leadership has abandoned its status as a former trustworthy leader that accepted cooperation and responsibility as key operating tenets.

If anyone threatened to take your home by force if you didn’t sell at his favorite price, the sane social discussion would focus on their uncivil threat and pro-social responses, not on victim blaming “the core issue is that I’ve abdicated my ability to defend my house by force.”

You could have a reasonable conversation about sovereign defense budgets and alliance contributions, but not while you’re threatening the sovereignty of an ally.

And all of this will make American citizens less safe, not more. It’s madness. There’s nothing to be gained here for most people by threat of force or hybrid warfare.

Re: Greenland Crisis

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Its the latest manosphere talking point. Pretty much a repeat of saying all protestors are paid by George Soros and the Clintons.

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How do you know if I am left or right, and who is touchy? Its just ridiculous to assume they are paid to live there. It doesn't all revolve around the US.

If anything, the Greenlanders have fought for the right to be Greenlanders.

Re: Greenland Crisis

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> Are Greenlanders paid by Denmark to live there in order to keep some sort of minimum population? Where were you educated?

It's a fair question. Greenland appears to be a very harsh place to live. Younger generations may not want to deal with that and go live in Europe.

Some people don't mind living close to nature, but rather see that as a positive. And many people seek out the same environment they grew up in, as they are used to that. Isn't it like that where you live?

Re: Greenland Crisis

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Are all Greenlanders considered full Danish citizens? Can they leave Greenland and move to Denmark permanently? Also can people from Denmark buy property and live full time in Greenland?

Ethnic Greenlanders living in Greenland are ordinary Danish citizens. Any Danish citizen can obtain almost the same legal rights by moving to Greenland.

Citizens of other Nordic countries can also live and work in Greenland without any permits. However, some jobs are restricted to Danish citizens who were born or raised in Greenland. EU citizens need a residence permit, because Greenland is not in the EU.

Re: Greenland Crisis

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It would be the largest welfare state in the union.

> The US Geological Survey estimates that onshore northeast Greenland (including ice-covered areas) contains around 31 billion barrels of oil-equivalent in hydrocarbons

https://theconversation.com/greenland-is-rich-in-natural-res...

Re: Greenland Crisis

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> Are Greenlanders paid by Denmark to live there in order to keep some sort of minimum population? Where were you educated?

It's a fair question. Greenland appears to be a very harsh place to live. Younger generations may not want to deal with that and go live in Europe.

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Re: Greenland Crisis

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It would be the largest welfare state in the union.

Welfare perhaps. State, almost certainly not. If this did come to pass, I wonder if the inhabitants would be US citizens or non-citizen nationals, like the population of American Samoa.

Not sure about the US citizens versus non-citizen nationals (I had always thought American Samoans were citizens), but you're spot on that it would certainly not be a state. The people living in Greenland would almost certainly lean blue, and the republicans would never allow the Dems to gain more de facto seats in the house and senate.
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