“Laakkuluk Williamson, an Iqaluit resident who’s Greenlandic on her mother’s side of the family, said she fears Greenland becoming the Arctic equivalent of American Samoa or Puerto Rico: U.S. overseas territories where residents lack constitutional protections and representation in Congress.”
Think more “Diego Garcia”.
“Depopulation: Between 1965 and 1973, the U.S. and UK governments systematically removed approximately 2,000 Chagossians (known as the Ilois people) from their homeland.
Forced Resettlement: Islanders were forcibly resettled in Mauritius and Seychelles, where they faced severe poverty, lack of support, and discrimination.
Military Base: The primary reason for the expulsion was to establish a crucial U.S. military base on Diego Garcia.
Fancy_Particular7521 on
Yea as if greenland hasnt benefited from danish rule. They basically pay for all their wellfare.
NoSwordfish1978 on
Given how the US treats its colonies (sorry “unincorporated territories”) I’m not suprised they don’t want to become part of America. It really would be a case of going from the frying pan to the fire.
IndividualAge4746 on
The Diego Garcia comparison is apt and often overlooked in these discussions. The US has a pretty consistent track record of treating strategic territories as assets rather than communities – even Puerto Rico, which has been a territory for over a century, still can’t vote in presidential elections while being subject to federal law. Hard to blame the Inuit for being skeptical.
Taman_Should on
Stephen Miller has probably already picked out a tiny corner of the island to turn into the Inuit reservation.
RedditAtWorkIsBad on
Historically maybe they would have preferred independence than being part of Denmark. The extent that they are discontent with Denmark would be dwarfed by orders of magnitude being under the US heel.
No doubt this makes them that much more grateful to have Denmark and the greater EU to depend on.
WetFinsFine on
“colon” being the operative word here as it pertains to djt
JarJarBot-1 on
Is there any realistic outcome where Greenland and its 50,000 people are really an independent country without having the financial and military support of a larger benefactor nation like Denmark or the US?
klovaneer on
How many divisions do they have?
-LoboMau on
This is exactly why international forums are so important. Smaller nations need these platforms to assert their independence against larger powers.
buzzsawdps on
Nordic people and the current Inuit have both been in Greenland for about 800 years total and have similar claims legally and morally. Best case Greenland accepts and embraces their biculturalism and being a hybrid arctic-nordic state.
Juract on
One point on the Danish rule of Greenland is that Greenland currently enjoys a vast autonomy from Copenhagen.
They have local parliament, PM, manage their own business in a vast domain of competence, including a local criminal law.
Only sovereignty powers are kept by Danemark. Matters about nationality, currency, border control, the army and the police.
What would you think will remain of that autonomy when America takes over?
Stringerbe11 on
Point taken but Norse travelers arrived two hundred years before the Inuit / Thule people. No one was living there when the Norse showed up. They aren’t being colonized by anyone lol
Samjabr on
The tax company? What do they care.
autoeroticassfxation on
The whole coloniser rhetoric mostly only gets backs up. Essentially every immigrant is a coloniser.
tremblt_ on
I doubt that the Inuit population of Greenland will be allowed to exist. Trump will send them to the US to concentration camps, murder them, resettle Greenland with American settlers and claim that the inuit people have never inhabited Greenland, that he therefore hasn’t genocided them out of existence and that Americans have always been native to Greenland.
smokeykurt1 on
For a moment I thought this was a tweet or something from the company Intuit, that makes TurboTax…and I was like no way, they’ve been grifting on America’s government with croney tax law meddling forever…and now I feel dumb.
NoodleWeird on
I thought this headline said “Intuit”, who needed to tell us they don’t even want to sell TurboTax to Greenlanders. Wouldn’t make the top 10 strangest things that’ve happened today.
Front-Beat1575 on
I cannot believe we have to seriously consider this
n4spd2 on
yup
bass_ninja9 on
Once Trump takes over, ICE will just go in and arrest everyone for not being born in the US.
Audacimmus on
Honestly I think Denmark should sell it. The Inuit aren’t grateful at all for essentially living on Danish welfare (€500M euros per year).
Chawke2 on
Maybe trivial but worth noting that Danish presence in Greenland actually predates the Inuit there.
denimdr on
At first I thought: Quikbooks making a political stand. I guess I’m keeping the subscription.
Now I realize I need reading glasses…
DRKMSTR on
Just sayin.
Danes forcibly sterilized much of greenland.
Last I checked US territories are allowed to run themselves like third world corrupt dumpster fires – looking at you Puerto Rico.
It is a win-win all around. EU stops shoveling welfare into greenland, Greenlanders aren’t affected by external politics, and the US gets to build more infrastructure to support mining operations deep in the country.
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“Laakkuluk Williamson, an Iqaluit resident who’s Greenlandic on her mother’s side of the family, said she fears Greenland becoming the Arctic equivalent of American Samoa or Puerto Rico: U.S. overseas territories where residents lack constitutional protections and representation in Congress.”
Think more “Diego Garcia”.
“Depopulation: Between 1965 and 1973, the U.S. and UK governments systematically removed approximately 2,000 Chagossians (known as the Ilois people) from their homeland.
Forced Resettlement: Islanders were forcibly resettled in Mauritius and Seychelles, where they faced severe poverty, lack of support, and discrimination.
Military Base: The primary reason for the expulsion was to establish a crucial U.S. military base on Diego Garcia.
Yea as if greenland hasnt benefited from danish rule. They basically pay for all their wellfare.
Given how the US treats its colonies (sorry “unincorporated territories”) I’m not suprised they don’t want to become part of America. It really would be a case of going from the frying pan to the fire.
The Diego Garcia comparison is apt and often overlooked in these discussions. The US has a pretty consistent track record of treating strategic territories as assets rather than communities – even Puerto Rico, which has been a territory for over a century, still can’t vote in presidential elections while being subject to federal law. Hard to blame the Inuit for being skeptical.
Stephen Miller has probably already picked out a tiny corner of the island to turn into the Inuit reservation.
Historically maybe they would have preferred independence than being part of Denmark. The extent that they are discontent with Denmark would be dwarfed by orders of magnitude being under the US heel.
No doubt this makes them that much more grateful to have Denmark and the greater EU to depend on.
“colon” being the operative word here as it pertains to djt
Is there any realistic outcome where Greenland and its 50,000 people are really an independent country without having the financial and military support of a larger benefactor nation like Denmark or the US?
How many divisions do they have?
This is exactly why international forums are so important. Smaller nations need these platforms to assert their independence against larger powers.
Nordic people and the current Inuit have both been in Greenland for about 800 years total and have similar claims legally and morally. Best case Greenland accepts and embraces their biculturalism and being a hybrid arctic-nordic state.
One point on the Danish rule of Greenland is that Greenland currently enjoys a vast autonomy from Copenhagen.
They have local parliament, PM, manage their own business in a vast domain of competence, including a local criminal law.
Only sovereignty powers are kept by Danemark. Matters about nationality, currency, border control, the army and the police.
What would you think will remain of that autonomy when America takes over?
Point taken but Norse travelers arrived two hundred years before the Inuit / Thule people. No one was living there when the Norse showed up. They aren’t being colonized by anyone lol
The tax company? What do they care.
The whole coloniser rhetoric mostly only gets backs up. Essentially every immigrant is a coloniser.
I doubt that the Inuit population of Greenland will be allowed to exist. Trump will send them to the US to concentration camps, murder them, resettle Greenland with American settlers and claim that the inuit people have never inhabited Greenland, that he therefore hasn’t genocided them out of existence and that Americans have always been native to Greenland.
For a moment I thought this was a tweet or something from the company Intuit, that makes TurboTax…and I was like no way, they’ve been grifting on America’s government with croney tax law meddling forever…and now I feel dumb.
I thought this headline said “Intuit”, who needed to tell us they don’t even want to sell TurboTax to Greenlanders. Wouldn’t make the top 10 strangest things that’ve happened today.
I cannot believe we have to seriously consider this
yup
Once Trump takes over, ICE will just go in and arrest everyone for not being born in the US.
Honestly I think Denmark should sell it. The Inuit aren’t grateful at all for essentially living on Danish welfare (€500M euros per year).
Maybe trivial but worth noting that Danish presence in Greenland actually predates the Inuit there.
At first I thought: Quikbooks making a political stand. I guess I’m keeping the subscription.
Now I realize I need reading glasses…
Just sayin.
Danes forcibly sterilized much of greenland.
Last I checked US territories are allowed to run themselves like third world corrupt dumpster fires – looking at you Puerto Rico.
It is a win-win all around. EU stops shoveling welfare into greenland, Greenlanders aren’t affected by external politics, and the US gets to build more infrastructure to support mining operations deep in the country.