Nobody Cares About Greenland

[Innula Zenovka]

MAGA figures are pushing Trump’s campaign to grab Greenland. But it’s tough sledding

 

[Free]

The man has no awareness of how sovereignty works.

Trump demands power to veto Greenland deals with China

Donald Trump has demanded a clause that would amount to a “veto” over any future Chinese or Russian investments in Greenland, The Telegraph can report.

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Donald Trump has demanded a clause that would amount to a “veto” over any future Chinese or Russian investments in Greenland, The Telegraph can report.

Diplomatic sources have revealed that preventing Beijing from accessing the substantial mineral reserves buried deep beneath the ice has become a key objective for the Trump administration in talks over the island.

Officials from the United States, Greenland and Denmark have been locked in secret negotiations over a deal that satisfies the US president’s desire to control the territory.

That last sentence is bonkers and shows just how far down the road to being Hitleresque Trump has gone.

 

[Noodles]

You know something.

Maybe, if he was not a collossal piece of shit, the people of Greenland would WANT to work with the US. Voulontarily.

 

[detrius]

You know something.

Maybe, if he was not a collossal piece of shit, the people of Greenland would WANT to work with the US. Voulontarily.

Given the USA's track record regarding the treatment of indigenous populations, I wouldn't be so sure of that.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Trump's "Greenland Envoy," Jeff Landry, Was Literally CHASED Out Of Greenland By Greenlanders Who Threw Him A GTFO Party In Front Of The New US Consulate.

Greenlanders spent 4 days destroying Jeff Landry, so he left early, humiliated and Greenlanders brought a couple thousand people to the new US Consulate to say goodbye. LOL.

deanblundell.substack.com

 

[Erich Templar]

Trump's "Greenland Envoy," Jeff Landry, Was Literally CHASED Out Of Greenland By Greenlanders Who Threw Him A GTFO Party In Front Of The New US Consulate.

Greenlanders spent 4 days destroying Jeff Landry, so he left early, humiliated and Greenlanders brought a couple thousand people to the new US Consulate to say goodbye. LOL.

deanblundell.substack.com

I particularly enjoyed the moment when the article launched into a history lesson, presumably for the benefit of any Trumpians who might happen to stumble across it.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Although that history lesson leaves out the Inuit who make up the majority of the population of Greenland.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

You know something.

Maybe, if he was not a collossal piece of shit, the people of Greenland would WANT to work with the US. Voulontarily.

No, why should they? Denmark has better education, health care, welfare state, pensions etc., which are way better than what America has to offer.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

No, why should they? Denmark has better education, health care, welfare state, pensions etc., which are way better than what America has to offer.

A couple of years ago I was talking to another Brit about a mutual friend (Dutch) who had recently obtained US citizenship. Neither of us could understand why, given the choice between a US or a Dutch passport, anyone would choose the former.

 

[Sheera Khan]

Given the USA's track record regarding the treatment of indigenous populations, I wouldn't be so sure of that.

Not that the Danes could present a spotless past though, but compared to the current american government - eep

 

[Noodles]

No, why should they? Denmark has better education, health care, welfare state, pensions etc., which are way better than what America has to offer.

I didn't mean with the dumb take over, I mean morelike "Hey, we can use resources to mine things and give a chunk of it back to Greenland, and local joba and take input on emvironment impacts and more economic boost from people traveling and working there.

Like an overall win win win, not this "I want to take your shit" stupidity.

 

[Casey Pelous]

I didn't mean with the dumb take over, I mean morelike "Hey, we can use resources to mine things and give a chunk of it back to Greenland, and local joba and take input on emvironment impacts and more economic boost from people traveling and working there.

Like an overall win win win, not this "I want to take your shit" stupidity.

Given that the people of the US support arbitrarily tearing up any and all agreements on a whim, I can't imagine why any country would bother making a serious deal with us.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

I didn't mean with the dumb take over, I mean morelike "Hey, we can use resources to mine things and give a chunk of it back to Greenland, and local joba and take input on emvironment impacts and more economic boost from people traveling and working there.

Like an overall win win win, not this "I want to take your shit" stupidity.

Quite the neocolonial approach, don't you think?

 

[detrius]

 

[detrius]

I didn't mean with the dumb take over, I mean morelike "Hey, we can use resources to mine things and give a chunk of it back to Greenland, and local joba and take input on emvironment impacts and more economic boost from people traveling and working there.

Like an overall win win win, not this "I want to take your shit" stupidity.

The story is set in an unnamed harbor on the west coast of Europe. A smartly-dressed enterprising tourist is taking photographs when he notices a shabbily dressed local fisherman taking a nap in his fishing boat. The tourist is disappointed with the fisherman's apparently lazy attitude towards his work, so he approaches the fisherman and asks him why he is lying around instead of catching fish. The fisherman explains that he went fishing in the morning, and the small catch would be sufficient for the next two days.

The tourist tells him that if he goes out to catch fish multiple times a day, he would be able to buy a motor in less than a year, a second boat in less than two years, and so on. The tourist further explains that one day, the fisherman could even build a small cold storage plant, later a pickling factory, fly around in a helicopter, build a fish restaurant, and export lobster directly to Paris without a middleman.

The nonchalant fisherman asks, "Then what?"

The tourist enthusiastically continues, "Then, without a care in the world, you could sit here in the harbor, doze in the sun, and look at the glorious sea."

"But I'm already doing that", says the fisherman.

The enlightened tourist walks away pensively, with no trace of pity for the fisherman, only a little envy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdote_zur_Senkung_der_Arbeitsmoral

 

[Soen Eber]

The story is set in an unnamed harbor on the west coast of Europe. A smartly-dressed enterprising tourist is taking photographs when he notices a shabbily dressed local fisherman taking a nap in his fishing boat. The tourist is disappointed with the fisherman's apparently lazy attitude towards his work, so he approaches the fisherman and asks him why he is lying around instead of catching fish. The fisherman explains that he went fishing in the morning, and the small catch would be sufficient for the next two days.

The tourist tells him that if he goes out to catch fish multiple times a day, he would be able to buy a motor in less than a year, a second boat in less than two years, and so on. The tourist further explains that one day, the fisherman could even build a small cold storage plant, later a pickling factory, fly around in a helicopter, build a fish restaurant, and export lobster directly to Paris without a middleman.

The nonchalant fisherman asks, "Then what?"

The tourist enthusiastically continues, "Then, without a care in the world, you could sit here in the harbor, doze in the sun, and look at the glorious sea."

"But I'm already doing that", says the fisherman.

The enlightened tourist walks away pensively, with no trace of pity for the fisherman, only a little envy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdote_zur_Senkung_der_Arbeitsmoral

In a quote I can't find sourcing for (thought it voltaire, but alas). a group of friends asked "Why are eating beans? It's obvious the king would employ you and you'll have your choice at the King's table" The reply was "If you only ate beans, you would not need to toady to the King."

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

In a quote I can't find sourcing for (thought it voltaire, but alas). a group of friends asked "Why are eating beans? It's obvious he would employ you and you'll have your choice at the King's table" The reply was "If you only ate beans, you would not need to toady to the King."

Diogenes, I think. And it was lentils.

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Yeah, there are a few versions/translations of that exchange, but was definitely attributed to Diogenes. I only recently learned he wasn't just a weird, opinionated homeless guy; he actually did write a few things, but sadly, none of it survived.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

but sadly, none of it survived.

Piss off enough powerful people and get erased ahaha

 

[Free]

Piss off enough powerful people and get erased ahaha

Interestingly, same thing happens to the chalkboards.