To add to that, the population of Greenland is more than smart and well-educated enough to recognize a “we’ll pay you in glass beads for your land”-scenario.
Put it another way, if some bloke came up to you on the street and offered you a hundred grand out of the blue, you’d immediately and rightfully consider what the fuck their angle is. Nobody does that unless they’re guaranteed to gain considerably more than a mere 100K doing it.
we have passed from a state of actual scarcity into the present status of potential abundance in which we are now held to an artificial scarcity forced upon us in order to continue a Price System which can distribute goods only by means of a medium of exchange. Technocracy states that price and abundance are incompatible; the greater the abundance the smaller the price. In a real abundance there can be no price at all. Only by abandoning the interfering price control and substituting a scientific method of production and distribution can an abundance be achieved.
Trump is offering them to be part of the North American Technate which provides an abundance of resources. Look at the map.
That’s bullshit. Trump wants Greenland’s resources for his empire. The Greenlanders will get exploited and see no benefit to these resources. They will probably lose welfare and gain police brutality.
Did any south american or african colony ever gain anything from being ‘acquired’ by european powers?
Of course it’s not sure that that promise will be fulfilled.
I totally agree. But if Musk tells the Greenlanders that they will be part of a land of abundance and that everybody gets $100,000 immediately, I am not sure how they will vote. Americans are not more stupid than others, they are just more influenced.
I wouldn’t be so sure. From the little I know of Greenland, the people are quite combative of their independence, as all native people are once they have been absorbed by western culture. The prime minister/governor/can’t remember the title said quite clearly that they aren’t for sale.
Also, I don’t feel like 100k/resident is really a lot of money.
If America brings that influence to Greenland then there is the possibility that they turn the majority. After all the Greenlanders are watching Netflix, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok and they ask OpenAI for help.
If the EU wants to keep Greenland they should establish the Fediverse there as soon as possible.
Money isn’t the answer to everything. It’s been stated many times: Greenland isn’t for sale.
And why they won’t/should not even consider this:
To add to that, the population of Greenland is more than smart and well-educated enough to recognize a “we’ll pay you in glass beads for your land”-scenario.
Put it another way, if some bloke came up to you on the street and offered you a hundred grand out of the blue, you’d immediately and rightfully consider what the fuck their angle is. Nobody does that unless they’re guaranteed to gain considerably more than a mere 100K doing it.
They also know that they would be giving up healthcare, education, infrastructure and much more, by detaching from Denmark.
That doesn’t make it true. Denmark can’t sell it, the people of Greenland can.
Trump is offering them to be part of the North American Technate which provides an abundance of resources. Look at the map.
Of course it’s not sure that that promise will be fulfilled.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy_movement#The_technate
That’s bullshit. Trump wants Greenland’s resources for his empire. The Greenlanders will get exploited and see no benefit to these resources. They will probably lose welfare and gain police brutality.
Did any south american or african colony ever gain anything from being ‘acquired’ by european powers?
I totally agree. But if Musk tells the Greenlanders that they will be part of a land of abundance and that everybody gets $100,000 immediately, I am not sure how they will vote. Americans are not more stupid than others, they are just more influenced.
I wouldn’t be so sure. From the little I know of Greenland, the people are quite combative of their independence, as all native people are once they have been absorbed by western culture. The prime minister/governor/can’t remember the title said quite clearly that they aren’t for sale.
Also, I don’t feel like 100k/resident is really a lot of money.
It’s the initial offer. There are 56,831 inhabitants. If they pay $1000k/resident it will still be cheaper than Ukraine.
Having met a lot of American abroad, I can’t really say that’s true.
Nature or nurture?
Nurture for sure. But I guess that applies to everyone.
If America brings that influence to Greenland then there is the possibility that they turn the majority. After all the Greenlanders are watching Netflix, Youtube, Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok and they ask OpenAI for help.
If the EU wants to keep Greenland they should establish the Fediverse there as soon as possible.
Wow, what a genius