Hacker News: carbontrioxidehttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=carbontrioxideHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:00:46 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by carbontrioxide in "Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza"]]>Would you also apply this solution to Russia-Ukraine? Create one state out of both?

Can Trump do the same to Greenland, declare it’s one country with the USA and have a democratic vote on it?

]]>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 14:43:50 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42725836carbontrioxidehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42725836https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42725836<![CDATA[New comment by carbontrioxide in "Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza"]]>No platform that simply sides with the majority is a good place for reasoning about a conflict that pits 0.2% of the world’s population against 25%, and that includes UN resolutions.

]]>Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:49:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42723746carbontrioxidehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42723746https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42723746<![CDATA[New comment by carbontrioxide in "Israel, Hamas reach ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in Gaza"]]>A system that sides with the majority is not very good at protecting the voices of a minority.

Given the sheer global size of one group vs the other tiny ethnical minority it’s no surprise who wins in a count of opinion votes. That applies in the UN, and it applies here. And is ironically the reason the ethnic minority must have self determination.

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