Song of the Day 1/6: Björk, “Human Behavior”

The demented little asshole running the country, Stephen Miller, is a quivering wimp – you can tell by the way he takes every opportunity to act butch. His ego swelled by the Venezuela adventure, he went on CNN to proclaim that Greenland will belong to the Reich United States.

This attitude has been criticized in all corners except the ones where MAGAts breed, but something I’ve seldom seen mentioned is that almost 90% of Greenland’s 57,000 or so residents are Inuit. Given the U.S. government’s treatment of indigenous peoples, even before Trump, that bodes ill for the native Greenlanders.

The U.S. has coveted Greenland, which is almost 50% bigger than Alaska, ever since occupying it in World War II in response to the Nazi takeover of Denmark. In 1946 the U.S. offered to buy the island for $100,000,000 – the equivalent of $1.62 trillion today, a sum way out of Trump’s price range. The U.S. has maintained military bases there since 1951.

Denmark supports Greenland economically, but its control understandably chafes. In the wake of an independence movement, home rule was established in 1979 and greater autonomy granted in 2008. But for some Greenlanders, independence remains the goal. Yesterday Icelandic singer Björk lent her voice to the call.

“[T]he chance that my fellow Greenlanders might go from one cruel coloniser to another is too brutal to even imagine,” she wrote. “Dear Greenlanders, declare independence!!!! Sympathetic wishes from your neighbors.”

Björk said “Human Behavior,” the first song released as a single from her 1993 solo debut, “Debut,” represents humans from the viewpoint of an animal. It’s not surprising that we treat animals badly – look how we treat each other.