Subj : Re: The Greenland New Dea
To   : Ron L.
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Sun Jan 25 2026 06:08 pm

 RL>  AT> What would happen if their economy collapsed? I think the worst that
 RL>  AT> could happen to them is they lose a bunch of money, and take it out o
 RL>  AT> other people afterwards. But I'd expect them to bounce back.
 RL> 
 RL> It's at a point now where I think the result would be like the "opium
 RL> war" or "Boxer Rebellion" that China had back in the late 1800's (not
 RL> the 1966 Cultural Revolution).
 RL> 
 RL> This war was primarily against the West selling opium in China, but they
 RL> expanded to a complete rejection of **all** "western" things and a
 RL> return to the "old" Chinese way of doing things.

That sounds responsible (not getting to that point, but to return to old ways.)

Globalism was never a good idea. Selling stuff to people in other countries who want what you've got a surplus of sounds good, but it leads to other problems. Seclusion is the way to go.

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