Talk:Greenlandic independence

Merger

Shouldn't this article be merged with Politics of Greenland Khavakoz (talk) 12:46, 27 March 2013 (UTC)

Arguments and reasons

Could somebody write which arguments and reasons some of the political parties in Greenland have for indepence? In other words, why do they want independence? Maybe you could find something on the websites of these political parties. It would be great if somebody who understands Danish could help there. PWNGWN (talk) 12:22, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

The is a very high degree of consensus about independence as the end goal (the discussion is about the time frame and feasibility), which means the parties rarely bother to argue why its desirable (its taken for granted by most), and ignore the issue of how much independence Greenlandic actually get due to its geostrategic importance, vastness, thinly spread population and fragile economic base. So while I agree that it would be desirable to have such statements they are hard to find.--Batmacumba (talk) 21:22, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

The main problem with the article is that it focus on the formal changes of status and not the development of attitudes to independence in the post-colonial era (1953 onwards), but there is a lack of polling, which would have been a good source and put some meat on the discussion. Unionism dominated in the 40s to early 70s (advocated by political leaders like Augo Lynge and Johan Rosing), but was challenged by a new generation in the 70s. Atassut started out as a unionist party, but gave up on unionism in the (late?) 90s and from then on moving towards independence became a consensus position. The Democrats then briefly took up unionism, but quickly accepted independence as the end goal. The new Cooperation Party is openly unionist, but seems to have little support.--Batmacumba (talk) 21:34, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Opinion

I find this call for indepence outright ironical if you consider the fact that the Inuit / Thule people are NOT the original native people of Greenland !

In fact it was the Norwegians / Vikings who settled there first and it was well after 1000 AD that the Thule culture came from nowaday Canada ! A lot of scandinavians were even driven away from their settlements or worse..

Therefore the european people in Greenland are the real natives and therefore it is not possible to find a logical justification for a greenland independence, as the nowaday Inuit actually colonized this island..

Regardless of the settlement history (and you are wrong, its a lot more complex than you make it out to be, but that isn't really relevant) Greenlanders make up the majority population in their country and constitute a cultural nation, which is the basis for their desire for independence not a claim that no other peoples have ever lived in the country. More than 80% of ethnic Greenlanders are biracial and the European element is overwhelmingly Scandinavian, so they have a dual genetic heritage and Danish culture has influenced Greenlandic in many ways (incl. the language). But just as the Irish could demand independence despite being of partially British heritage and having been profoundly influenced by British culture, so can the Greenlanders (I realize this isn't relevant for the article, but statements like the above irritate me).--Batmacumba (talk) 21:22, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Opinion poll

Please add Opinion poll results.--Kaiyr (talk) 11:47, 24 January 2020 (UTC)