▲ 147 ▼ Greenlandic parties in joint statement: We do not want to be Americans. We are not Americans, we are not Danes, we are Greenlanders. (dk.siumut.gl) submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml -5 points 10 months ago (1 child) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] theherk@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago I get extrapolating an analogy to extremes to make a point. But there is a vast gulf of difference between declaring one’s house within a sovereign state another sovereign state and expecting others to come to your aid, and a large, otherwise uninhabited tract of land, rich with precious metals requesting sovereignty upon that land with the aid of allies with which they can trade. Don’t be silly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theherk@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago I get extrapolating an analogy to extremes to make a point. But there is a vast gulf of difference between declaring one’s house within a sovereign state another sovereign state and expecting others to come to your aid, and a large, otherwise uninhabited tract of land, rich with precious metals requesting sovereignty upon that land with the aid of allies with which they can trade. Don’t be silly. permalink fedilink source parent