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Diraven

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10. It will be a lawless billionaire haven
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:18 AM
Jan 10

The thing they billionaires running Trump policy keep pushing is the creation of a tax free haven where billionaires are a law unto themselves, a la Curtis Yarvin. The whole reason Trump pardoned the former Honduran president is because he's helping them set one up in Honduras. Now they're looking at the the same thing for Greenland, where a handful of unaccountable billionaires can completely take over and run it as a feudal fiefdom free from taxes for themselves and civil rights, labor laws, and environmental regulations for their serfs.

Honestly I think this whole Greenland thing is a feint. No billionaire wants to live in a mostly barren frigid wasteland in even if they get to basically be an absolute monarch. What they're really planning is to implement this same strategy in Cuba. It has a much nicer climate, is much more conveniently located so it's much easier to pillage all its resources. The main inconvenience is the 11 million Cubans who are in the way. Not that that will stop them.

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I think he's pushing for let us do whatever the f we want with your land and resources. unblock Jan 9 #1
He hasn't thought that far ahead. (see: the East Wing) LudwigPastorius Jan 9 #2
He probably envisions a territory like Puerto Rico or Guam, Ocelot II Jan 9 #3
He wants it to be his personal island. Will rename it Whiteland relayerbob Jan 9 #4
Nutlick wants it for his mining business Blues Heron Jan 9 #5
I think that would be the cue for at least 67 US senators and the majority of the house... Omnipresent Jan 9 #6
How long? Prairie Gates Jan 9 #7
How long for what? JoseBalow Jan 10 #12
Just effing NO to this. yorkster Jan 9 #8
This Greenland thing is bizarre. Is Stephen Miller is trying to "acquire" it for Israel, or some other country? RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 9 #9
Chump crony Lutnick has financial interests in Greenland duckworth969 Jan 10 #19
That explains quite a lot. Thanks for the link. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jan 10 #20
It will be a lawless billionaire haven Diraven Jan 10 #10
details, details. Since when has Trump ever bothered himself ... ? stopdiggin Jan 10 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author murielm99 Jan 10 #13
He's using it to bully Europe around... that's all. mikelewis Jan 10 #14
Colony. You don't think he'd give them citizenship, do you? Far too many are nowhere near white enough. muriel_volestrangler Jan 10 #15
It would likely be an unorganized territory carpetbagger Jan 10 #16
He's damaging the USA, so Greenlanders would be way worse off. Remember how he allegorical oracle Jan 10 #17
What do you conclude the result will be? Torchlight Jan 10 #18
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