The 'Denmarkification' campaign says it seeks to crowdfund $1trillion to purchase the US state, after which it plans to instill it with Danish values and make the most of its sunny weather and resources.

Danish campaigners are proposing to buy California from the United States and turn it into a territory of Denmark in response to Donald Trump’s bid to acquire Greenland. The ‘Denmarkification’ campaign says it seeks to crowdfund $1 trillion to purchase the US state, after which it plans to instill it with Danish values and make the most of its sunny weather and resources. (…)
(…) Bosses from Danish toy giant Lego would run talks between the US and Denmark, Dutoit told Politico, because ‘dealing with children throwing tantrums over missing bricks has made them experts in negotiation.’ (…)

  • rabber@lemmy.caEnglish
    155·
    22 hours ago

    Why would you want citizenship in shitty little denmark lol

    Guess could be used to move to one of the actually good nordic countries though

    • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      16·
      21 hours ago

      To be fair, in the Danes bought California, and made it part of Denmark, you wouldn’t really be able to call or small anymore. California is roughly the same size as Germany+Austria.

      If Canada wants to make an offer for the Western seaboard, they should speak up soon

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        20 hours ago

        Trump’s over here saying canada should be the 51st state, meanwhile california, oregon, and washington are all like “peace out bitches!”