3 ms·
- The only way minerals there will be mined profitably is by someone strongarming and displacing any local population, disregarding all environmental protection
by LarsKrimi 9mo ago
- The only way minerals there will be mined profitably is by someone strongarming and displacing any local population, disregarding all environmental protection rules and destroying large swathes of land
- They either mine the minerals responsibly or ask their king to take over the country so they can mine irresponsibly
- Bribery to vote for independence and subsequent joining with the US is the only legal way that Greenland will become part of the US. It would have to be accepted by the Kingdom of Denmark
- Depends on whether it is done legally or with force. If done with force NATO would go under pretty fast. If done with bribery NATO is probably done anyway just way further out.
- bitcurious 9mo ago> displacing any local population Why displacing? Greenland is 3x the size of Texas and only 60k people, mostly concentrated around a single village.
- LarsKrimi 9mo agoBecause there's absolutely no infrastructure where noone lives. For good reason The mineral dream is a dream for a reason. Americans have tried. The Chinese have tried. The Danes have tried. None have made a profit, and none have kept up operations But I'm sure the US will be able to do it this time. Afterall the US has someone with an acute sense of realism in absolute power
- nephihaha 9mo agoNuuk is small but not really a village considering it contains thousands of people