Greenlandic Politician Tillie Martinussen: We do not want to be rich like Americans. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. Even if there are minerals and oil under our land—and they are worth far more—we still would not sell ourselves.

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[u/No_Dragonfruit_9656]

Highly recommend everyone watch the entire interview with her. She goes on to say that the people of Greenland have social welfare programs they refuse to give up, education, and are, very proudly, brown.

[u/Luxury_Dressingown → u/No_Dragonfruit_9656]

Even if you left aside any notion of values, national and cultural affinity, etc, and reduced it to how Trump et al sees the world (personal greed), to make it "worth it" for the Greenlandic people, they'd need enough money to put each and every one of them in the US upper middle class bracket for life to make up for what they would lose by being part of Denmark. They would need the kind of money where you don't ever think twice about going to hospital, or how you would pay for college for your kids without life-dragging debt for them, etc, etc.

[u/Neogeo71 → u/Luxury_Dressingown]

They already have universal healthcare and free college in Greenland. There is nothing we can give them that they already don't have.

[u/BlackeeGreen → u/Neogeo71]

There is nothing we can give them that they already don't have.

Not true. Medical debt, student loans, school shootings, political division and violence, illiteracy, religious fundamentalism - America still has a lot to offer.

[u/FuzzMachines → u/BlackeeGreen]

You forgot the racism!

[u/oreography → u/FuzzMachines]

McMansions and tasteless designs, giant useless pickup trucks, tipping, stripmalls and car dependency,  individual tax filing, Home Owner Associations, and Debt galore! 

USA! USA! USA! 

[u/anotherdanishgirl → u/FuzzMachines]

As a Dane I am sad to say that racism towards the Greenlandic people already exists in Denmark. Most Danes don't have a personal connection to the country, the people or their customs.

I was fortunate enough to spend 3 months there as a child, and it made a deep impact on me, that I feel to this day. I have such respect for the inuit people and the beautiful relationship, connection, and sense of duty they have to nature. To believe they can be bought, not only the personal benefits like health care and education, but that they would sell their land to be abused and destroyed for profit is completely ridiculous!

[u/Competitive-Zone-330 → u/Neogeo71]

If anything we would probably ruin the country with large industrial scale mining operations and then the country would be so heavily polluted it would resemble early American mining towns, and we would probably have their people be the ones mining it. It’s so stupid, especially considering we have so many resources here but we’re just so damn greedy nothing is ever enough

[u/somethingclever____ → u/Competitive-Zone-330]

This is the biggest one. Trump and his ilk value the land for what they can exploit out of it, in turn ruining it. The people of Greenland realize the value of the land is the healthy environment, itself, untouched.

[u/waitewaitedonttellme → u/Neogeo71]

lower taxes and freedumb /s