• PonyOfWar@pawb.social
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    1 day ago

    A full new state of 50.000 people who will never vote republican, meaning they’ll effectively cede control of the senate? That would be an… interesting move for sure.

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        22 hours ago

        As a state, they would. Of course, Trump would never even consider making them a state and this random congressman didn’t think this through.

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      22 hours ago

      You think they’ll allow those peaky natives there vote? You’re all positivism today

      But no, when conquered, they’ll never get to vote, that would be bad for the Republicans

      Plus, you know, I’m guessing that slave labor might be on the table again soon, so they’ve that to look forward to

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        21 hours ago

        No, of course not. My point was that this Florida congressman is clueless and probably just doing this to get attention. Trump would never turn Greenland into a state and this bill will go nowhere.

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      15 hours ago

      Only 56k people? Of that population, how many are voting age? It’s about 42k.

      There’s always about 15-30% of a population who are outright authoritarian, so they’ll vote for the leadership that strips them of their rights (see: conservatives).

      That means if the US feds moved about 10000 families (about 19,000 fascist voters) to Greenland it would make a supermajority for the right. This would cost somewhere between $300 million and $1 billion for the move and about $100 mil/year and in maintenance while the economy shifts to handle the influx.

      Do you believe that the current administration couldn’t pry a few billion dollars to buy a permanent two R-voting senators from the education budget?