Re:The mineral riches hiding under Greenland's ice
by arethuza on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @06:02AM
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"The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must" Thucydides
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Re:The mineral riches hiding under Greenland's ice
by polotics on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @06:35AM
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Sure, the Melian order of the world is something one could consider as always there. Still, how much of Thucydides still applies when cheap drones, nuclear MAD, and environmental tragedy-of-the-commons are taken into account?
https://www.rand.org/pubs/commentary/2025/04/the-realists-gr... ...