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It doesn't seem to discuss Trump's "offer". Voting independence from Denmark is different from being given the option to join the United States. As Chomsky wou
by DoctorOetker 10mo ago
It doesn't seem to discuss Trump's "offer". Voting independence from Denmark is different from being given the option to join the United States.
As Chomsky would say "whenever there are multiple pictures, the darkest one tends to be closer to the truth". What if natural resources would be more expensive (for both US and EU) to buy if Greenland were independent, than if it were still half-colony of Denmark. Then EU and US would have a common interest in manipulating in the same direction the referendum you referenced (for independence). Both US and EU might have cheaper access to natural resources if the population votes no for independence. Good Cop Bad Cop stuff, to scare the population to stay subjugated (and enjoy imaginary protection from EU against imaginary threat from US).
- breppp 10mo agounsurprising that Chomsky has a reverse Occam's Razor that assumes the worst in any (western) action
- DoctorOetker 10mo agohis comment was not specific to Western nations, it would apply equally well to asian, african, south american, russian,northern, southern, ... nations, but you are right, he wouldn't treat Western nations with an exception, and that always makes the relevant population feel addressed, and this subjectively feels different, or being picked on with precision, but its just when a population feels addressed.
- piva00 9mo agoGreenland emphatically rejects becoming part of the US [0]. As others pointed out they already have the option to ask for independence from Denmark. What else, exactly, do you want? [0] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/no-such-thing-as-a-better-colonizer-inuit-emphatically-reject-u-s-takeover-of-greenland-9.7042667 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/no-such-thing-as-a-bett...