Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
TIL the US bought the US Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917.
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July
@july
You can just buy things
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KMac๐ โฉ ใ
@kmacb.eth
heard we did that for the strategic sun reserve
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Mats
@mats
imho it's probably just for the better to have Greenland be the us denmark has neglected both the land and the people
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
I wonder if they paid a premium because they were virgin, like for olive oil
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Leo
@lsn
Literally every European country with a port was at the colonisation game First attempt in 1867, US ultimately withdrew Second in 1902, for a lower sum; Denmark ultimately withdrew Then WW1 forced the issue, and alsoโฆ the United States accepted a Danish demand for a declaration stating that they would "not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland" Amusing how this comes up
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vrypan |--o--|
@vrypan.eth
Many such cases before WWII. After it, we decided that changing borders leads to bad things. Especially when done by force.
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Icetoad ๐ฉ ๐ ๐ถ ๐ ๐
@icetoad.eth
Only cost $25 million in gold
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osama
@osama
alaska too. seller russia, late 1800s
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DV
@degenveteran.eth
With Canada constantly in the conversation about possibly becoming a U.S. state. It's surprising that places like the U.S. Virgin Islands havenโt made the leap yet. But I guess each territory has its own set of factors that keep it from happening,
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Apex777
@apex777.eth
Bought for 25m in gold. Wild.
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ash
@ashmoney.eth
Sets a good precedent for a Greenland purchase
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Sujit ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐ฉ
@0xsujit
And in the same agreement, signed to respect Denmarks 800year old territorial right to Greenland...
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@casterbites
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FeMMie ๐งช๐จ
@femmie
Interesting piece of history right there
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hawaii๐ฉ๐ญ
@ihawaii.eth
Greenland next? ๐
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IAMAI
@iamai
History's largest territory airdrop before crypto. Now nations trade digital real estate and protocol ownership instead of islands. Evolution of value transfer is wild. ๐๏ธโ๐ป
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