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In response to President Trump’s call to obtain Greenland from Denmark, a Danish movement offers a tongue-in-cheek proposal to buy California. After all, they maintain, Trump “isn’t exactly California’s fan” anyway, having called the state “the most ruined state in the union.” The Danes might even throw in a lifetime supply of Danish pastries “to sweeten the deal.”
The Danes see attractive perks in California, such as 300 days of sunshine, tech dominance, endless avocado toast, and Disneyland (to be renamed Hans Christian Andersenland). California already offers Solvang. The fact that California is the world’s fifth largest economy is also a desirable feature.
How might Los Angeles benefit from such a deal? Hygge (a lifestyle of comfort, contentment, and well-being) for Hollywood, bike lanes for Beverly Hills, organic smørrebrød on every street corner. Angelenos would also enjoy universal health care, free education even through college, and the most generous retirement system in the world. Rule of law and fact-based politics might also be thrown in. Angelenos can join the happiest country in the world.
All Los Angeles would have to do is accept a name change to Løs Ångeles.
The movement’s goal is to crowdfund for $1 trillion (give or take a few billion). The Danes would send their best negotiators, such as Lego executives.
See: Denmarkification.
