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I don’t understand where Denmark’s claim to Greenland comes from in the first place. Can someone who is unhappy about this fill me in on why Denmark should hav
by pfannkuchen 9mo ago
I don’t understand where Denmark’s claim to Greenland comes from in the first place.
Can someone who is unhappy about this fill me in on why Denmark should have it?
- fifilura 9mo agoWhy should USA have Hawaii or California? You can read up on it yourself.
- pfannkuchen 9mo agoWell personally I don’t think the USA has a strong claim to Hawaii. It’s basically a strategic military outpost that got retconned into being a state after the war. It’s kind of weird, like sure Wikipedia articles exist but it’s not as if people who have some position are basing their position entirely on the Wikipedia article and I can infer the structure of their position from the Wikipedia article. So I’m asking about what people think, and all I hear back is “reeeeeee”.
- fifilura 9mo agoIt caused reactions because it was the wrong thing to ask in this thread. "Woman raped" - Tell me again why did she like mini skirts? "American citizen kille by ICE' - Tell me again why did he look like he came from Nicaragua? By themselves the may have been somewhat ok, but in this context, asking these questions give them a whole different meaning.
- T-A 9mo agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indi...
- Sabinus 9mo agoThe Danes should ask Trump if they get the Virgin Islands back if Trump renegs on the Treaty.
- 47282847 9mo agoFairly simple really. Greenland decided they wanted it and that they still want it. They are sovereign and free to decide otherwise. It is not a claim. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_and_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenland_and_the_European_Uni...
- pfannkuchen 9mo agoOkay China decided they want Taiwan and they still want it, but for some reason they don’t have it. I think your framing may not model how territory ownership actually works…
- fifilura 9mo agoI don't think China decided they want to be a part of Taiwan.
- pfannkuchen 9mo agoHa, I misread because what was written made even less sense than flipping the order. Greenland is clearly not sovereign! What does that even mean? They are a colonial territory of Denmark.
- 47282847 9mo agoDid you follow the link? “Greenland joined the then European Community in 1973 with Denmark, but after gaining autonomy in 1979 with the introduction of home rule within the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland voted to leave in 1982 and left in 1985, to become an OCT.” It is very easy to read about Greenland gaining autonomy also in more detail. I don’t know what is happening on your end that you have trouble with it?
- Imustaskforhelp 9mo agoYes, absolutely. Even more on it but Greenland right now is unsustainable and funded by Danish govt. who is willing to fund it because it sees potential in the Area But its still Greenland's which is sovereigen/autonomous. Trump/America right now are the opposite of it. Also all the points trump makes is bullshit and danish govt and everyone is always willing to help since they dont want russia either in the area but yeah I do feel as if this is just a smokescreen.
- lofihiphophop 9mo agoCheck out the treaty of the Danish West Indies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Danish_West_Indi...
- croes 9mo agoThat would only justify Greenland‘s independence but not Trump’s bullying to get Greenland. What next? Sicily?
- tim333 9mo agoIt was settled by Scandinavians in 986 and with a bit of reorganisation Norway transferred it to Denmark in 1933. They signed an agreement with the US in 1951, that the US military could freely use and move between defence areas, but was not to infringe upon Danish sovereignty.