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The overwhelming majority of Greenland residents do not want to become US citizens, The Financial Times reported, citing a sociological survey conducted by Verian.
According to the poll, 85% of Greenlanders do not want to become Americans because they believe that the standard of living in Denmark is much higher. In particular, the island’s residents are concerned about crime and expensive medical services in the US.
Don’t worry Greenland, they won’t actually let you be citizens
Sure they will, they’ll be Bronze level citizens
When they’re not on duty at the labor facility, they get to be out and about until 6pm!
But their shifts end at 7pm
Just one of the benefits of being free!
American Indians generally weren’t citizens until 1924
American Samoans aren’t born citizens to this day, despite being born and living in American territory (American Samoa)
What is the damage of 15% of greenlanders.
Supposedly only 6% want to be part of the USA, 9% undecided
That’s in the range of “people accidentally selected this option”
The damage may be that they are already colonized by another group of white people, and a new group of white people want to take over.
I.e. maybe this change could improve my material conditions, bring investment, and change the repressive laws.
When you are poor and struggling, and it’s not clear if the new situation is worse, and when the new situation will necessarily bring a lot of change, some may bring themselves to accept it.
And as to @rootsbreadandmakka, this demographic is only 6%.
This implies extreme unpopularity of a switch to American ownership. Because it means a status quo in the face of all the nastiness of the Scandinavian supremacists.
A blend of chuds who are going to be chuds no matter what and people who have the (rather delusional) opinion that they can somehow advance their national liberation by having the yanks kick the Danes out.
That’s a lot lower than I thought it would be tbh. I would have guessed at least 90%, probably 95%
If I am not mistaken Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world. To be fair, not surprising a few of them would want to gtfo.
Highest suicide rate in the US correlates with the states that have large native populations. Alaska, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming.
Unfortunately Inuits share many of the same issues as the First Nations of canada and the reservations of the US. Sexual assault, poverty, substance abuse, racism, underdevelopment, etc. It’s just more visible because they make up such a large proportion of the population
Yeah, well I’ll have you know some Aussie Youtuber who has never set foot in Greenland thinks Greenland is better off with the US because that would make the Danish so mad.
We love to erase indigenous people for the sake of owning a section of white people
Privatize all the land, melt all the snow, build condos for rich people on the beach, send ICE to deport the Inuits
Been pretty offline this week. Is citizenship on the table or is the question itself delusional?
They’re almost certainly getting the Samoa treatment if it happens
convinced that in every poll ever theres always a 10%-5% that is just this boomer meme
Since when the US even cares about the opinion of the locals
I understand Greenland, I don’t want to be a US citizen since he took office either.
You were fine with all the racism, social murder, and imperialism before trump?
Oh for fuck sake it was a comment to a story let’s not be a bitch about it and try to start a fight shall we?
I don’t think it was your intent to use a gendered insult but nevertheless please don’t.
Respectfully, where do you think you are? And their point still stands, it’s not as if there haven’t been multiple genocides that the U.S. government has directly overseen.
Wake up and smell the rot.
I guess I thought I was in a place where I could make a simple, one lined comment about how I don’t like this country either without having to defend myself against asshats who just want to start shit because their bored. I never said I didn’t see the problems prior to Trump but because I said anything at all it somehow invites a false sense of entitled backlash. I literally live in the movie Idiocracy with you people. Holy shit
Oh no! Someone engaged with the text you wrote
If you felt there was a misunderstanding or that there was something you wished to discuss with the users here, not a single person would mind if you said so. But you’re not suffering from oppression or censorship just because your comment was challenged.
Oh for fuck sake they were commenting on your comment, let’s not freak out about being asked a question, shall we?
I don’t want to be a US citizen since literally ever
don’t want to be a US citizen since he took office
George Washington
