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> to become some sort of Venezuela of the north if it becomes US territory would it not be more like be more like Alaska than Venezuela? > full rights as EU c

by graemep 10mo ago

> to become some sort of Venezuela of the north if it becomes US territory would it not be more like be more like Alaska than Venezuela? > full rights as EU citizens and local autonomy to decide who gets the mining concessions There is no such thing as an EU citizen - people are citizens of EU states. Would an independent Greenland join the EU? Would it join NATO? I can see advantages for a small (in population) country with rich national resources playing the big powers against each other. Indigenous Greenlanders have also been treated pretty badly by Denmark, even very recently, not just a long time ago when it was a colony: https://www.arctictoday.com/a-view-from-greenland-about-forced-child-removal-as-greenlanders-protest-danish-welfare-services/ https://www.arctictoday.com/a-view-from-greenland-about-forc... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yelp5466no https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yelp5466no

simion314 10mo ago
>if it becomes US territory would it not be more like be more like Alaska than Venezuela? Why not something like Puerto Rico? why would Trump give rights to natives of Greenland? those people would vote Democrats , less of the two evils.
- fifticon 10mo ago
  it would probably be like ouerto rico yes. Favors would go in one direction only.
bojan 10mo ago
> There is no such thing as an EU citizen - people are citizens of EU states. People are citizens of both the EU and the member states: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_citizenship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_citizenship
cornholio 10mo ago
Alaska received statehood a century after it was acquired, and only after being substantially colonized by Americans. It's entirely laughable to suggest that US will grant 2 seats ~= 4% of the Senate (plus one representative and 3 electors) to basically a small city of Inuits and Danes, most of which won't even speak English for a good many years to come.

by graemep 10mo ago

simion314 10mo ago

>if it becomes US territory would it not be more like be more like Alaska than Venezuela? Why not something like Puerto Rico? why would Trump give rights to natives of Greenland? those people would vote Democrats , less of the two evils.

fifticon 10mo ago
it would probably be like ouerto rico yes. Favors would go in one direction only.

bojan 10mo ago

> There is no such thing as an EU citizen - people are citizens of EU states. People are citizens of both the EU and the member states: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_citizenship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_citizenship

cornholio 10mo ago

Alaska received statehood a century after it was acquired, and only after being substantially colonized by Americans. It's entirely laughable to suggest that US will grant 2 seats ~= 4% of the Senate (plus one representative and 3 electors) to basically a small city of Inuits and Danes, most of which won't even speak English for a good many years to come.