US-owned Greenland and Gulf of America? What a weird week

Re:US-owned Greenland and Gulf of America? What a weird week by bpodgursky on Monday January 13, 2025 @10:37AM (#42684571)

Also like, Greenland never voted to join Denmark. Denmark just took it! Every single US state at least had a ratification vote for the territory to become a state.

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Re:US-owned Greenland and Gulf of America? What a weird week by wink on Monday January 13, 2025 @10:51AM (#42684760)

And by that you probably mean people who just showed up, claimed some land, and then voted?

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Re:US-owned Greenland and Gulf of America? What a weird week by piva00 on Monday January 13, 2025 @11:12AM (#42685022)

California... It was taken by military force ending in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It ratified statehood 2 years later, so it was annexed and then accepted into the Union, not very legitimate to be done this way.

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