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Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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625 points zdw | 3 comments | 27 Sep 25 15:46 UTC | HN request time: 0.487s | source
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WalterBright[dead post] ◴[27 Sep 25 17:55 UTC] No.45397969[source]▶
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CapitalistCartr ◴[27 Sep 25 18:02 UTC] 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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1. WalterBright ◴[27 Sep 25 18:09 UTC] 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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2. mjmsmith ◴[27 Sep 25 18:15 UTC] No.45398160[source]▶
Making you an offer you can't refuse.
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3. WalterBright ◴[27 Sep 25 20:06 UTC] No.45398926[source]▶
That's taking something by force, not buying something.