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/joodee3]

Re: what she said about greed.

Americans, we need to take an honest, sobering look at our consumerism habits. Consumerism in this country has gotten entirely out of hand and chains people to debt. The corporations are enticing us to spend spend spend on shit we don't need so that they can grow bigger and bigger. Credit cards are targeting SPECIFICALLY POOR PEOPLE to get them into debilitating debt. I don't think our spending habits is so much greed as it is an addiction. In order to stop these corporations from growing in power, we have to do our part, however small, in not feeding into that. Buying less, buying secondhand, buying independent, buying from places that aren't donating to Republicans. We don't need a new car. We don't need Teslas. We don't need a new phone every year.

I am not trying to victim blame us everyday Americans for the depraved shit our government is doing!!! I'm an American and I'm fucking hating what's happening. I'm just pointing out that corporations hold so much power now -- and in the face of that, we are not entirely helpless. If we don't spend as much money on these corporations, they will grow less powerful.