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If the US is ready to start a war against Europe to invade Groenland, it's certainly because they need more sand and plastic? Of course in weight it's probably

by forty 9mo ago

If the US is ready to start a war against Europe to invade Groenland, it's certainly because they need more sand and plastic? Of course in weight it's probably mostly sand and plastic but the interesting bit probably needs palladium, copper, boron, cobalt, tungsten, etc

rhubarbtree 9mo ago
Well, also for military purposes. And general imperialism.
jiggawatts 9mo ago
Greenland is Trump’s Ukraine. He’s jealous of Putin, that is all. There is nothing in Greenland worth breaking up the alliances with Europe over. Trump is too stupid to realise this, he just wants land like it’s a Civ game. PS: An entire rack of the most expensive NVIDA equipment millions of dollars can buy has maybe a few grams of precious or rare metals in it. The cost of those is a maybe a dollar or two. They don’t even use gold any more! The expensive part is making it, not the raw ingredients.
- gylterud 9mo ago
  One would then maybe suspect breaking up alliances with Europe is the point of the whole thing.
  - jiggawatts 9mo ago
    Some of the best advice I've ever heard is to look at how people act and ignore how they claim they act or their stated reasons for doing so. A corollary is that even a "technically false" model can better predict someone's actions than a "truthful one". Trump may not be a Russian agent, but he acts like one consistently. It's more effective to simply assume he's an agent of a foreign power, because that's the best predictor of his actions.
- imcritic 9mo ago
  That alliance costs money. It doesn't bring anything good in return: the USSR (that this alliance was created against) is long gone. Trump is a genius if he somehow manages to kill 2 birds with 1 stone: make OTHER parties of the alliance want to disband the alliance AND get some piece of land with a unique strategic position all to himself/U.S. I think it's Putin who is going to be jealous of Trump, not the other way around.

by forty 9mo ago

rhubarbtree 9mo ago

Well, also for military purposes. And general imperialism.

jiggawatts 9mo ago

Greenland is Trump’s Ukraine. He’s jealous of Putin, that is all. There is nothing in Greenland worth breaking up the alliances with Europe over. Trump is too stupid to realise this, he just wants land like it’s a Civ game. PS: An entire rack of the most expensive NVIDA equipment millions of dollars can buy has maybe a few grams of precious or rare metals in it. The cost of those is a maybe a dollar or two. They don’t even use gold any more! The expensive part is making it, not the raw ingredients.

gylterud 9mo ago
One would then maybe suspect breaking up alliances with Europe is the point of the whole thing.
- jiggawatts 9mo ago
  Some of the best advice I've ever heard is to look at how people act and ignore how they claim they act or their stated reasons for doing so. A corollary is that even a "technically false" model can better predict someone's actions than a "truthful one". Trump may not be a Russian agent, but he acts like one consistently. It's more effective to simply assume he's an agent of a foreign power, because that's the best predictor of his actions.
imcritic 9mo ago
That alliance costs money. It doesn't bring anything good in return: the USSR (that this alliance was created against) is long gone. Trump is a genius if he somehow manages to kill 2 birds with 1 stone: make OTHER parties of the alliance want to disband the alliance AND get some piece of land with a unique strategic position all to himself/U.S. I think it's Putin who is going to be jealous of Trump, not the other way around.