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American politics

scaramanga said:
Cut the hyperbole.

The US obviously isn't a dictatorship and free speech there is 100x better than in the UK, let alone China et al. None of what's happening in the US fits a standard definition of fascism, unless you're using some Instagram definition of it.

Venezuela, I suspect are free to do what they wish as long as they don't become a puppet of Russia/Iran/China again.
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Ok JD V.
 
MartyFunkhouser said:
Of course, but by agreeing to allow them to have self governance and autonomy is a sticking point, not that Denmark has any interest in selling. There was a Danish politician on the old tele recently who said the Self Governance Act meant any decision would sit with Greenlanders, also if memory serves it would violate international law to sell the land from under them. Equally something about Greenlanders not being able to sell themselves to America unless it had gained full independence, which they don't want either.

Either way Trump is being a cnut and neither party is interested regardless of the detail
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Sounds an easy win for Trump if the population is 57k......just offer every member of the population half a million dollars
 
MartyFunkhouser said:
Not when you don't have any need for the money.........Inuit have a much bigger sense of loyalty, belonging and deep rooted tradition.

Time will tell, but I would be shocked if they sold their soul for money.
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There will be a price, there's always a price.

Whether or not the US will pay that price remains to be seen, but it's naïve to think that anyone could hold out forever as the price keeps increasing.

And they don't have to buy everyone out, just a working majority of whatever voting system they're using.
 
scaramanga said:
There will be a price, there's always a price.

Whether or not the US will pay that price remains to be seen, but it's naïve to think that anyone could hold out forever as the price keeps increasing.

And they don't have to buy everyone out, just a working majority of whatever voting system they're using.
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As i say we will see.

I dont see the selling out and TBH I dont see Trump continuing a line of "we will pay them" i suspect he will attempt by force

Let's see
 
Hold up... UPDATE.

Trump...'Help is on its way!' 'Keep protesting ' (aka walking into bullets)

He's cancelled all meeting with Iranian officials immediately. So I imagine that's diplomacy off the table (sorry JD, you were just saying that's the best approach)...US military lock and load
 
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scaramanga said:
Sounds a bit like Northern Ireland.

I suspect that at some point in the fairly near future we'll have a Labour govt stupid enough to just give it away. When that happens, we might pretend to listen to the people there, but the decision will be made over their heads.
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Why would a Labour government give away N Ireland when it was a Labour government under Tony Blair that negotiated the Good Friday agreement with the Irish government,
Think you will find somewhere in the agreement to which both governments have agreed is that the future of N Ireland will be left to the people who live there , if a referendum is called and the majority vote for reunification with Ireland then both governments will abide by the vote as it is an agreement under international law, something which Trump has no respect for .

Residents of N Ireland do have some advantage of the rest of the UK as they are able to choose which citizenship they want, choose dual citizenship and they have the advantage of being an EU citizen which many of us have lost.

In Northern Ireland, British Citizenship Law operates alongside unique provisions due to the region’s historical ties with Ireland and the Belfast Agreement of 1998. The agreement recognizes the right of people in Northern Ireland to identify as British, Irish, or both, impacting how British Citizenship Law is applied. This dual identity framework makes Northern Ireland a unique case within British Citizenship Law, as residents may hold British citizenship, Irish citizenship, or both without conflict.
 
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