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Re:The mineral riches hiding under Greenland's ice by logicchains on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @06:53AM (#46525349)
>The events of the past 12 months, culminating in Venezuela and now Greenland, has made me reevaluate a lot of my beliefs about unimpeded competition between free agents (i.e. a free market) leading to the best and most peaceful outcomes.

What have markets got to do with it? For as long as humans have been recording history, states have been annexing weaker states, regardless of economic system. It's absurd to blame free markets for this.

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Re:The mineral riches hiding under Greenland's ice by thrance on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @07:20PM (#46535285)
They led to the rise of powerful oligarchs who now very obviously steer the country (and the world) in a violent direction that I don't believe benefits many, except themselves of course.
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