Greenland - Yes or No? Where are the "we need more public land" people?

[Poser]

As if they arent NATO members and we already have bases there, in reference to your number 1 reason anyways.

Correct. They are protected by NATO. The US and Denmark also have a treaty dating back to the early 1950s where the US provides directl military protections to Greenland and the US also has at least one military installation there.

 

[NDGuy]

I am going to wait it out until we invade Canada so I can finally afford a Moose tag.

 

[Yoder]

I think the people of Greenland should vote on it.

 

[CJ19]

I think the people of Greenland should vote on it.

major of their population wants independence from what i have read. Unfortunately or fortunately depending how you view it, this is not how it works. Majority of HongKongers wanted to remain independent. Majority of North Californians want to leave cali. Eastern WA'ers dont like being part of WA. the list goes on and on.

 

[displacedtexan]

major of their population wants independence from what i have read. Unfortunately or fortunately depending how you view it, this is not how it works. Majority of HongKongers wanted to remain independent. Majority of North Californians want to leave cali. Eastern WA'ers dont like being part of WA. the list goes on and on.

And being part of the US isn't independence...

 

[fwafwow]

less time we’re wondering why the 3 top tech oligarchs have drained more wealth out of the country than the bottom 50% of the population own

Source?

 

[Ten Bears]

the resident loons are all worked up today..

gotta love it.

 

[NDGuy]

Source?

Do you live under a rock?

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and 8 other tycoons got $500 billion richer in 2024 — and are now worth more than $2 trillion

Figures including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg became even wealthier over the past 12 months amid AI buzz, rate cuts, and Trump's win.

www.businessinsider.com

Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth: Up 88% over Four Years - Institute for Policy Studies

Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth Up 88% over Four Years

ips-dc.org

Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds

Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals

www.theguardian.com

Wealth of five richest men doubles since 2020 as five billion people made poorer in “decade of division,” says Oxfam

Fortunes of five richest men have shot up by 114 percent since 2020.Oxfam predicts

www.oxfamamerica.org

 

[Will_m]

I hate to be that guy, but the atrocious grammar in some of these posts makes it difficult to accept them as a well formed thought.

 

[fwafwow]

Do you live under a rock?

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and 8 other tycoons got $500 billion richer in 2024 — and are now worth more than $2 trillion

Figures including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg became even wealthier over the past 12 months amid AI buzz, rate cuts, and Trump's win.

www.businessinsider.com

Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth: Up 88% over Four Years - Institute for Policy Studies

Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth Up 88% over Four Years

ips-dc.org

Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds

Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals

www.theguardian.com

Wealth of five richest men doubles since 2020 as five billion people made poorer in “decade of division,” says Oxfam

Fortunes of five richest men have shot up by 114 percent since 2020.Oxfam predicts

www.oxfamamerica.org

I'm not disputing that they got richer, but I was particularly interested in their increased wealth being in excess of what 50% of the rest of the population owns - especially for just 3 people. Do those links cover that part? "Draining" it out of the rest also assumes the total wealth is a zero sum game. I'm assuming it's more hyperbole from TP.

 

[Mtnmilsurp]

What wealth have the top 3 tech oligarchs drained?

By draining the wealth do you mean creating and sustaining hundreds of thousands of jobs?

Pretty sure any one of those dudes generates more economic activity annually than all Rokslide members combined during their lifetimes.

 

[Dawg In Montana]

Do you live under a rock?

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and 8 other tycoons got $500 billion richer in 2024 — and are now worth more than $2 trillion

Figures including Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg became even wealthier over the past 12 months amid AI buzz, rate cuts, and Trump's win.

www.businessinsider.com

Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth: Up 88% over Four Years - Institute for Policy Studies

Total U.S. Billionaire Wealth Up 88% over Four Years

ips-dc.org

Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds

Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals

www.theguardian.com

Wealth of five richest men doubles since 2020 as five billion people made poorer in “decade of division,” says Oxfam

Fortunes of five richest men have shot up by 114 percent since 2020.Oxfam predicts

www.oxfamamerica.org

So people are buying more stuff from Amazon than they did before. How is that draining wealth? That money would have gone to other stores if not Amazon.

 

[NDGuy]

I'm not disputing that they got richer, but I was particularly interested in their increased wealth being in excess of what 50% of the rest of the population owns - especially for just 3 people. Do those links cover that part? "Draining" it out of the rest also assumes the total wealth is a zero sum game. I'm assuming it's more hyperbole from TP.

The articles dive into the topic.

 

[fwafwow]

The articles dive into the topic.

The first article is behind a paywall. From the second article, it looks like the top three increased their combined wealth by ~$360B (I'm rounding up), which is not equal to what the bottom half of the US owns - more like 10% (which is admittedly still a big number) of the wealth of the bottom half (something like $3.6T).

So just more exaggeration/hyperbole from TP.

 

[Dawg In Montana]

The articles dive into the topic.

The Oxfam article advocates for some modified form of socialism…

• Reining in corporate power, including by breaking up monopolies and democratizing patent rules. This also means legislating for living wages, capping CEO pay, and new taxes on the super-rich and corporations, including permanent wealth and excess profit taxes. Oxfam estimates that a wealth tax on the world’s millionaires and billionaires could generate $1.8 trillion a year.
• Reinventing business. Competitive and profitable businesses don’t have to be shackled by shareholder greed. Democratically-owned businesses better equalize the proceeds of business. If just 10 percent of US businesses were employee-owned, this could double the wealth share of the poorest half of the US population, including doubling the average wealth of Black households.

 

[2buffalo]

the resident loons are all worked up today..

gotta love it.

On full meltdown mode

 

[CJ19]

i know the media has everyone using the term oligarch but this isnt an oligarch issue. Maybe we can leave the topic of wealth distribution in some other thread. we dont need ppl to start linking tons of articles and quotes for or against some type of conspiracy.

The current president of united states had sent his hunting enthusiast son to greenland on a diplomatic trip. That is more than enough to suggest the idea is being discussed. Hunting and fishing is not the primary reason for acquiring greenland but hunters and fisherman stand to gain large amounts of available resources and access should it happen.

 

[Team4LongGun]

HaHaHaHA , what a simple concept ! Lets invade a foreign country so we can have more public hunting land ! Just kill them if they don't like it !
You go first ok ? Go kill a bunch of innocent Greenies so I can hunt !

This is a perfect example of how threads get stupid, and eventually locked. The first response is twisting of the OP's point, trolling and nonsensical (maybe sarcasm?) all in one.

Invade-killing? C'mon. If you have a viewpoint, share it-if you don't like the topic, move on without the above type of derailment.

 

[ozyclint]

If USA annexes/invades/buys Greenland, all you guys that have done the North American super duper slam won't have done the North American super duper slam.

 

[CRJR45]

This is a perfect example of how threads get stupid, and eventually locked. The first response is twisting of the OP's point, trolling and nonsensical (maybe sarcasm?) all in one.

Invade-killing? C'mon. If you have a viewpoint, share it-if you don't like the topic, move on without the above type of derailment.

Point taken , my bad . I was trying to match the simplistic nature of the OP's post , at least in my opinion . Yes it was an attempt at sarcasm .
Bob out !