> So yes while it technically has self-rule it’s still effectively a colony Bein... | Hacker News

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		lm28469 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU chief says EU should abandon caution after Bess... > So yes while it technically has self-rule it’s still effectively a colony Being self sufficient or not isn't part of the definition of a colony

owebmaster 24 days ago [–]

Greenland is a colony, Austrália is not. The comparison makes zero sense

lm28469 24 days ago | [–]

> Greenland is a colony

But it literally isn't...

> On 1 July 1979, Greenland became a rigsdel (an autonomous territory) within the Kingdom of Denmark.

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