Streamer,

There are no utopias, left or right. There are a number of distopias governed by autocrats or dictators. Sustaining left leaning or socialist style nations include Norway, Sweden, and Finland for starters. I think there are others, but that's not a topic I've read about.

I find that people on the right frequently misbelieve that simple solutions will solve complex problems. Occasionally they will, but that isn't often the case. I observe that a lot of people on the right can't seem to wrap their minds around complexity. Hence, I think the propensity to rely on religion as a solution or have disdain for multi-culturalism, and are willing lapdogs to serve the rich. They hold stupid ideas like not believing in science as if belief matters. And stupid conservatives like JD Vance wants the US to have more babies, not realizing that notion isn't sustainable either.

It doesn't bother them that since 1941 $50 trillion has been transferred from 90% of the population to the upper 1% of the population. They willingly swallow the lie that trickle down economics works for the middle class, when the decades of 1981 through 2021 demonstrate that it doesn't. It does just the reverse.

Now, among those on the left, I'll grant you, are many so-called libtards who don't understand the simplist economics and invented cancel culture, now adopted by conservatives. Intelligent liberals understand why the Air Force shouldn't have to hold bake sales to buy new fighter jets. We understand that as nations, including our own, grow larger, issues become more complex, and we have the know how to develop solutions as simple or complex as necessary to get the job done. We also understand that America is more of an idea than a thing; that above all else the American ideal is democracy, held together by the rule of law; not theocracy or Christian Nationalism, not oligarchy, and therefore not Trump. The reason for despising Trump, or TDS as you call it, is because Trump doesn't give a sh!t about that American ideal. Trump is in it for himself. It's frustrating and discouraging that so many Americans either can't see or don't care that above all else Trump is a grifter and is using the power of office for just that.

Now Greenland.

"In the hands of an experienced dealmaker like Trump, . . ." Hah, Trump as deal maker would ensure first and foremost that he and his oligarch billionaire friends make a financial killing. Any benefit to Greenland and Greenlanders would be coincidental at best. Why, you say? Because that's how Trump works. He's incapable of putting someone else's interest above his own. The US doesn't need to "own" Greenland. The US already has, and has had for many decades, a military base in Greenland. If the Pentagon, not Trump, believes US security needs require a greater presence in the Greenland area, then sure, a tri-lateral agreement or treaty between Greenland, Denmark, and the US should be pursued that enhances security for all, including NATO generally. I say the Pentagon and not Trump because Trump proves himself ignorant daily. I wouldn't trust him to secure my garden against the deer and rabbits, let alone the security of the nation.

Greenland's independence is something the US should stand clear of. That is between Greenland and Denmark. Greenland has natural resources, and perhaps the US wants in on them. If so, then the US needs to make a better offer than China, Russia, or Iran. BTW, with Trump ending foreign aid to nations other than Israel and Egypt, he has opened the door for China, Iran, and Russia to make inroads into those other nations. They need aid, and if they don't get it from the US, they'll take it from our adversaries. Great deal maker, that Trump guy. Your guy. Anyway, that's my response to your Greenland article which looks to have been written by a Trump ball washer. Do you seriously enjoy being in league with that ilk?