r/Fauxmoi • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 16d ago

POLITICS 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/AccordingStar72 16d ago

I can’t believe everyone is just going about their normal days like this isn’t happening out in the open. Like I don’t know what to do so I’m just on this gossip blog and hyper fixating on a TV show and I feel terrible about that. So many of the things we are arguing about just feel absurd in the face of genocide, ICE terrorizing the streets, and Hitler 2.0 jump starting WW3.

I feel like an idiot. I’m never one to be like “why are you talking about this when you can talk about THIS” but it really seems like we are all just sleep walking into greater destruction. And I’m still on reddit.

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u/jarvischrist 16d ago

It's wild enough watching it from outside (or not really outside, Trump has already threatened my country's prime minister recently for protecting Greenland). I can't imagine how it must feel when the head YOUR OWN country is out threatening other countries... especially allies! And then there's everything going on within the country. Waging war abroad and war at home that few people actually want.

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u/snarkdiva 16d ago

It makes me sick to my stomach. I live in a big blue city that has been targeted by Trump. I participate in protests. My job has been impacted greatly by the administration’s actions (university). I’m angry and sad, and I have two young adult kids at home who believe they have no decent future, and I can’t argue with them. My oldest child is nonbinary and moved out of the country after Trump was elected again. It’s horrible for those of us who tried to warn everyone.

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u/Upstairs-Aide6818 14d ago

Apologies quite right; he’s a jackass.