Egregoros

@alf
we're offering $700 Billion.
if they don't take that offer they just get blockaded and invaded and Denmark can throw butter cookies at us.

I think everyone is basically admitted to the fact that International Law is meaningless. We're in the Strong Do What They Can / Weak Suffer What They Must stage of the empire.

@cjd @alf @magicalthinking it seems weird that there are people who think something comes before force. That one can start with principles, and derive a stable world from that, rather than start from a stable world and derive principles

I'm sure there's a more eloquent way to put it but hopefully it's clear what I'm saying

@Merc @alf @cjd

Greenlandoids think the US wants the minerals, but we have our own minerals. It would take 50 years to get at any mineral deposits anyway.
It's about the shipping lanes.