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1. colinb ◴[] No.45398012[source]
I'd like to be respectful, guidelines and all that, but this comment is dismissive of people's real concerns, and frankly a bit arseholey.

Do the people who offer to buy your house have armies? Are they keen on deploying drones and missiles against people who annoy them?

Maybe the orange man was just joking. Maybe it's all part of some genius strategy to increase the US' standing in the world. Maybe it's a clever scheme to boost the US economy. But from the point of view of the Greenlanders and the Danes it seems to be more like a visit from the mafia. "Nice country you've got here. It'd be a shame if something were to happen to it."

Sigh. Maybe I'm reading more into your comment than you meant. If that's the case, I'm sorry. If it isn't, I suggest that you stop to consider that your entertainment news may be someone else's threat of violence.

2. CapitalistCartr ◴[] No.45398037[source]
The people wanting to buy your house don't have the World's most powerful military and a penchant for abusing others with it. The store selling cookies or belts want to sell these things, as opposed to being coerced. If I buy your car at gunpoint, the money I leave you with doesn't make my actions legal or ethical.
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3. WalterBright ◴[] No.45398092[source]
> If I buy your car at gunpoint

That isn't buying it. It is stealing it.

Threatening to buy is an oxymoron.

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4. mjmsmith ◴[] No.45398160{3}[source]
Making you an offer you can't refuse.
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5. WalterBright ◴[] No.45398926{4}[source]
That's taking something by force, not buying something.