Greenland, often dismissed as an administrative nuisance for Denmark, is now coveted by the American empire, Silicon Valley utopians, and MAGA diehards.
Thanks for the great article, I'm amazed at your inside knowledge and insights. I flew over Iceland and Greenland in a jet once and was stunned by the gigantic ice field. I saw a huge chasm stretching hundreds of kilometers and it was so big, so deep and long, even from 30,000ft. I have read about rare icefield lifeforms, unique to Greenland. It's undoubtedly one of the most hostile places for humans. I don't know about the people, but looking at the pictures it reminded me of isolated Newfoundland where people had to struggle to get by, and had to be self sufficient, with few luxuries. They might be reluctant to development but lured into a promise of a better life, like I've seen happening in Newfoundland. I think Greenland should remain unspoiled, and I'd hate to see history repeating itself in yet another destructive ego driven mad scheme.
Techno-fascist, commie-fascist. Techno-fascist, commie-fascist. Hyper-agitate on social media, rinse, repeat. What a wonderful variety of choices we now have in our of our "elections."
Everyone has a small streak of megalomania. We all envision how we could make the world a better place. If you have more money than you could ever spend, it is relatively easy to start thinking about tinkering.
It isn't fundamentally any different than participating in any other political activity. We contribute to things we believe in. Whether it is tithing, giving to a charity, contributing to a political candidate, or any other public work. Once you get past fulfilling your basic needs, I am more concerned about those who wouldn't feel drawn to making the world a better place.
The alternative is just sitting back and hoping that the people in charge will do good. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it is unfounded optimism. Many times it a mixed bag. You really can't just consider a government as being some ultimate authority. If we had done that, we would still have slavery. If we had taken a hands off approach, World War II, the world would not have been a better place.
We have some crazy ideas about the "Noble Savage." Granted, it is a fine line. People are not just some zoological exhibit. Are we doing the people of Andaman Island or in the Amazon Basin any favor by keeping them as a nature preserve? Should we withhold the choice from them to become part of the modern world? Should we allow places to be ruled by gangs and cartels and wash our hands of it as being an "Alternate world view" to be tolerated? Personally, I prefer the model that the Amish follow with their Rumspringa where they young are sent out to see the world and make the choice on their own whether to come back to living their isolated lifestyle.
We live in interesting times. We have those that are entrenched in power and give lip service to democracy all the while subverting it. They say that they want to help the poor but also apparently get rich on the money that was supposed to help them.
Look no further than what is going on in Germany right now. A party that the establishment doesn't like was blocked from the democratic process as being "populist far right." Just by coincidence, 7 of their candidates for the coming elections just all happend to die at the same time. Isn't it the whole point of democracy for the people to choose their own government? What we have is the appearance of democracy as long as the vote goes the way that those in power want it to go. They throw around the label of "Far Right" which apparently means anyone who dares to question the status quo.
Thanks for the great article, I'm amazed at your inside knowledge and insights. I flew over Iceland and Greenland in a jet once and was stunned by the gigantic ice field. I saw a huge chasm stretching hundreds of kilometers and it was so big, so deep and long, even from 30,000ft. I have read about rare icefield lifeforms, unique to Greenland. It's undoubtedly one of the most hostile places for humans. I don't know about the people, but looking at the pictures it reminded me of isolated Newfoundland where people had to struggle to get by, and had to be self sufficient, with few luxuries. They might be reluctant to development but lured into a promise of a better life, like I've seen happening in Newfoundland. I think Greenland should remain unspoiled, and I'd hate to see history repeating itself in yet another destructive ego driven mad scheme.
Good read will be linking it today @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/ Had already linked parts 1 and 2 on "the utopians" previously.
Techno-fascist, commie-fascist. Techno-fascist, commie-fascist. Hyper-agitate on social media, rinse, repeat. What a wonderful variety of choices we now have in our of our "elections."
Everyone has a small streak of megalomania. We all envision how we could make the world a better place. If you have more money than you could ever spend, it is relatively easy to start thinking about tinkering.
It isn't fundamentally any different than participating in any other political activity. We contribute to things we believe in. Whether it is tithing, giving to a charity, contributing to a political candidate, or any other public work. Once you get past fulfilling your basic needs, I am more concerned about those who wouldn't feel drawn to making the world a better place.
The alternative is just sitting back and hoping that the people in charge will do good. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it is unfounded optimism. Many times it a mixed bag. You really can't just consider a government as being some ultimate authority. If we had done that, we would still have slavery. If we had taken a hands off approach, World War II, the world would not have been a better place.
We have some crazy ideas about the "Noble Savage." Granted, it is a fine line. People are not just some zoological exhibit. Are we doing the people of Andaman Island or in the Amazon Basin any favor by keeping them as a nature preserve? Should we withhold the choice from them to become part of the modern world? Should we allow places to be ruled by gangs and cartels and wash our hands of it as being an "Alternate world view" to be tolerated? Personally, I prefer the model that the Amish follow with their Rumspringa where they young are sent out to see the world and make the choice on their own whether to come back to living their isolated lifestyle.
We live in interesting times. We have those that are entrenched in power and give lip service to democracy all the while subverting it. They say that they want to help the poor but also apparently get rich on the money that was supposed to help them.
Look no further than what is going on in Germany right now. A party that the establishment doesn't like was blocked from the democratic process as being "populist far right." Just by coincidence, 7 of their candidates for the coming elections just all happend to die at the same time. Isn't it the whole point of democracy for the people to choose their own government? What we have is the appearance of democracy as long as the vote goes the way that those in power want it to go. They throw around the label of "Far Right" which apparently means anyone who dares to question the status quo.