The world is a very strange place these days. It used to be that if you wanted to go on a vacation, you just picked a spot on a map. You packed your bags, bought a ticket, and you went. But now, even a trip to a giant block of ice like Greenland feels like a political act. It all started when a certain former president looked at a map of the world and thought, 'I should buy that.' It was not a joke, even though the rest of the world laughed until they realized he was actually serious. He looked at a whole country and saw a fixer-upper with potential.

Now, Greenland is facing a very weird kind of fame. It is the kind of fame you get when a billionaire mentions you in a post online. Suddenly, everyone wants to go there. Last year, more people booked trips to the island than ever before. Why? Because nothing makes a place more attractive than the threat of it being turned into a giant, frozen golf course. People want to see the ice before it gets a gold-plated fence around it. It is a sad way to run a travel business, but in our modern world, fear and curiosity are the best ways to sell tickets. We are a species that only wants to see things right before they are ruined by people with too much money and not enough hobbies.

The people in charge of Greenland are trying to keep up with all this new attention. They are currently planning to build two brand-new airports. Think about that for a second. They are building massive, expensive runways on an island that is made mostly of melting ice. They want to make it easier for people to visit and spend money. But who are these people really? Are they tourists who want to see the Northern Lights and eat local food? Or are they just looking for a spot to park their private jets before the next big land grab? It is very hard to tell. When a powerful man says he wants to buy your home, you do not just sit there. You either run away or you try to make some quick money before the big machines arrive.

This is the 'uncertainty' that the news likes to talk about so much. It is a fancy word for being scared and confused. The locals are caught in a trap. On one hand, they need the money that tourists bring. Tourism is a way to survive in a place where it is hard to grow food. On the other hand, every new visitor is a reminder that their home is now a prize in a game they never asked to play. They are building airports for a future they cannot see. Is Greenland a country with its own soul, or is it just a very large piece of property waiting for a signature? It depends on who you ask and how much cash they have in their pocket.

I find it funny, in a very dark way. We live in a time where everything has a price tag attached to it. Even the most remote and cold places on Earth are not safe from the shopping list of a bored leader. Greenland is huge, cold, and mostly empty of people. To most of us, it is a beautiful and quiet mystery. To a real estate mind, it is just empty square footage that could be doing more. The tragedy of our world is that we cannot just let things be. We have to own them. We have to trade them. We have to build airports so we can fly there and take pictures of the things we are slowly making disappear.

The airports will be built. The planes will land. The tourists will take their selfies and post them for their friends to see. And all the while, the shadow of that 'for sale' sign will hang over the ice. It does not even matter if the sale never happens. The idea is already there. Once someone decides that your home is a product, it never goes back to being just a home. It is now a 'potential asset.' That is a very cold way to look at the world, and it is colder than any winter in the north. But that is the world we have built for ourselves. We are all just tourists in a giant shopping mall that used to be a planet.

So, if you are planning a trip to see the glaciers, go ahead. Buy your ticket. Use the new airports when they open. Just do not be surprised if you see a man with a measuring tape trying to figure out where to put the new hotel lobby. In this theater of the absurd, nothing is off-limits anymore. We are watching a slow-motion show where the actors are out of their minds and the scenery is melting. Greenland is just the latest stage for the performance. I would say 'I told you so,' but at this point, nobody is even listening. They are all too busy checking their flight status and hoping the gift shop takes credit cards.