Oh that’s why Trump keeps talking about “buying” Greenland or whatever.
It’s breathtaking how stupid they are.
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Ok so Venezuela for the oil, Greenland for the minerals, cold, and to build cities and data farms, what are we going after Columbia for? Was expecting civil war for 2026, not imperialism. Silly me
Columbia is in DC.
Columbia is the district. Washington is the city.
Columbia is a country
No, Colombia is a country. Columbia is the US capitol district, a university in New York, and other things.
Lol my bad
Rumour is Cuba as well
Well Cuba is for the doctors, obviously.
Apparently the entire Western Hemisphere
A corporation-controlled community in an hostile, isolated area. That never resulted in anything bad, ever.
Because they've been so oppressed elsewhere with their millions and billions of dollars? GIve me a fucking break, what a bunch of children.
Just more stupid shit like how they were going to colonize mars because somehow that would be easier than just not fucking up this planet.
Utopian as in Gattaca, not Star Trek.
I don't think anyone would call Night City a utopia
They probably think they can escape the globe cooking for a few extra years by going to the arctic like they're doing with New Zealand
Dystopian techno-city.
Isn't this the plot of the recent Superman movie? Is that where they got the idea?