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23 sats \ 1 reply \ @cointastical 6h \ on: Should Greenland Become an American Colony? Politics_And_Law
Just saw this RealLifeLore video a couple hours ago, prior to seeing this SN post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8j2uWw3WfU
And saw this Peter Zeihan video a couple weeks ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At74k92vS10&t=342s
I already knew of a couple immediate benefits of U.S. getting Greenland as 51st state:
Offshore gas (and oil?) ... just sitting there,
New channels for running fiber optic,
Extend continental shelf claims,
- https://www.state.gov/continental-shelf/
- https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4786/10425
- https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/report/the-us-should-issue-extended-continental-shelf-proclamation
But long term snagging Greenland is probably a bad idea:
https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/commentary/buy-greenland-and-you-may-get-more-you-bargained
This might be better:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_of_Free_Association
There's no chance of Greenland becoming a state. It will be a US Territory, which is a much better deal for them, anyway.
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