[armchairhacker]

But what to debate? Almost everyone agrees this is stupid, but nobody can do anything.

It's a bit interesting to read the best steelmans, then read how even they're flawed. Apparently the US not only already has a military base on Greenland, but is allowed to build more; and Greenland's resources cost more to extract than they can be sold. It appears there really is no benefit except to anger, scare, and annoy people. What other knowledge or insight did you find?

[ben_w]

Surprisingly, there do still appear to be people (or at least one person) here on Hacker News who think America would win and that the EU would simply accept being invaded and do nothing. Like the EU would not decide "fight or die, we choose fight", nor replace the US with China in trade relationships.

This insight is… the interaction felt like reading a history book, or a novel with an obvious villain.

Feels unreal, like watching 9/11 unfold on TV felt a quarter century ago. Except I get to talk directly to the Other instead of watching translations of their words being quoted on bulletins.