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IMO the biggest cultural difference is guns. Apparently there are liberals in the US who think nationalized healthcare, cheap or free university, paid parental leave, guaranteed long vacation, etc. is all wonderful. But, they love their guns so much that that would be a red line. They'd forfeit all the great things that a European socialist country has to offer if the deal also requires that they give up their guns.
European socialist country? Which one?
From an American perspective? Probably all of them.
I don't support the American takeover of Greenland, but I fully support the Greenland takeover of America. Where do I vote?
52 weeks is mind blowing. They got it good over there. Almost like the government wants people to create families/communities.
Wrong and very nonsensical question.
Rephrase it to "if Denmark acquires California".
We are so down with all of this. Sign California up!!
Pro tip for white people, because your colonizer indoctrination has made you blind to this:
No one that gets invaded by anyone ends up better than they started. Yes, that includes all the countries you've invaded too.
In the short run, no. In the long run, it depends.
Many countries that were colonized had absolutely terrible child mortality rates. Parents had to expect that a third of their children would die before they became teenagers. One in five didn't make it to one year old. Being colonized eventually brought medicine which reduced childhood mortality so parents didn't have to watch their children die.
How important that is depends on your point of view. Maybe you personally don't care much about your children dying, and having unspoiled nature is more important. If so, then maybe there are no major benefits to being invaded / colonized, even decades or centuries later.
As a PoC who grew up in the West the colonizer indoctrination is directed at everyone here, not just white people. We're just more likely to decolonize our mindset due to attachment to communities negatively impacted by colonial institutions.
I generally agree, and I have the same mindset. So you can imagine how surprised I was when my Taiwanese friend told me how much better off Taiwan was after the Japanese occupation. Probably the only Asians with a positive opinion of Japan...
Their family probably came to Taiwan after the Japanese invasion.
Japan was notoriously brutal to the indigenous population, but most of the people in Taiwan came there in the civil war.
In fact, stamping out the indigenous culture has been an ongoing part of the post civil war Taiwanese government, and it's only recently that the Taiwanese language has been allowed to be taught in schools.
I guess it's only the case for the Mandarin-speaking population
To be fair, the Japanese occupation of Taiwan ended in 1945, so who knows what you're friend is basing that on.
He said his grandparents told him so
Actually I have 6 weeks paid vacation 18% employer paid pension, but I'm a government employee. Danes in commercial industry only have 5 weeks and about 9% pension... Suckers
no, none of these things. tell the fucking truth instead of virtue signaling for once.
trump just wants the natural resources and the normalization of old school colonialism as opposed to the covert neocolonialism we have now.
trump himself is already spelling it out.
It would actually be the other way around, hence why Greenland will fight tooth and nails to not become part of the US.
One of the biggest reasons I do not want to join the USA is that I do not want to lose our healthcare.
No more health care for you. We need that money for our Bombz4Kidz program.
Yeah, hey, on that note, maybe Denmark would like to acquire the United States.
The funniest thing about this is that if they did actually propose it, Trump would be absolutely stupid not to support it; it would basically ensure GOP domination in every major election for the foreseeable future if we lost California's blue votes.
What I'm saying here is, don't stop at California, include all the other blue states, too, please. Take us with you. :(
Well...
California contributes more than 10% of the USA's GDP, so while it might be tempting to gain power, it would probably demolish the economy.
That's one of the reasons he wants the EU destroyed. We set a bad example. Things can be done differently, even under capitalism.
"No good deed goes unpunished" or something like that.
I'm a bit unhappy with my current job, because I only get 25 days of paid holidays (of course not including public holidays). That's 5 days below industry average, so my next job I'll look gor 35+ days.
I think his plan is to take all of that away from them.
Trump is upset all those people are happy. This will fix that.
It's actually 6 weeks of paid vacation not counting public holidays like Easter, Christmas, etc