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"The native people of Greenland need to however be surveyed " And if they say "no - no survey"? Then what?
by ta20240528 9mo ago
"The native people of Greenland need to however be surveyed "
And if they say "no - no survey"?
Then what?
- OutOfHere 9mo ago[flagged]
- ta20240528 9mo ago"Immense political pressure can be exerted to force a survey" Ok, what pressure - other than violence - will be brought to bear on the poor Greenlanders. Sounds more and more like voting in the Donbas.
- OutOfHere 9mo ago[flagged]
- ta20240528 9mo agoAnd if Denmark says “nope, no survey”. Then what?
- OutOfHere 9mo agoThat's where political pressure comes in. For example, Denmark is making many billions of dollars each year from the sale of GLP-1 drugs to the US. The US could just choose to negate those patents, stop those sales, and manufacture the drugs domestically with immediate effect. Other such levers like these probably also exist.
- cjbenedikt 9mo agoNote: Greenland is not occupied by Denmark unless you agree that Hawaii is occupied by the US.
- yencabulator 9mo agoWhich, I mean, yes it is. Kingdom of Hawaii was a thing. The real difference is that Greenlanders are legally able to vote for independence whenever they feel like it, and have chosen not to, for economic reasons. So by that logic, Hawaii is more oppressed than Greenland.
- cjbenedikt 9mo agoFair point
- UncleMeat 9mo agoOnly 4% of US voters think it is a good idea to invade Greeland. Can we use that data to tell Trump to go fuck himself?