Eternal Madness - Tulip Mania - European History - Part 5 - Extra History

Tulip trading has come to an end! Although, that is not the end of our story. Pamphlets make the rounds, criticizing the moral and social norms that trading tulips brought upon the community. Going as far as to call it idol worship with rumors of a dark cabal promoting the mania for their own gains.

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[Kirsanov]

"early historians drew on them as if they were completely accurate"
Ah, yes. Can't wait for future historians to take political memes on Reddit at face value.

[GeneralLuigiTBC]

I imagine the tulips were a welcome change for Sultan Ahmed III after having to put up with King Charles XII's shenanigans.

[NOSPYNILVAC]

As a Dutchie I learned about this in school because my economics teacher had a thing for this event. All though they are very plain the fields here in april and may are just awesome, imagine a sea of rainbow colours. Loved this series, just one thing I missed. The dutc(calvinist) saying "act normal for normal is weird enough" really took root after this debacle.

[TheSecondVersion]

4:00 - "Monkeys were used as a symbol of foolishness."

Even *that* carried over to NFTs

[LM-kgvs]

Love that the relic worship was Helga's Arnold head masterpiece from Hey Arnold. Major nostalgia!

[ScarletRebel]

I'm glad to hear bout the last part as I actually ordered some holland tulips over this series as gardening is a huge hobbie of mine but its a flower I never had much of a second thought on before until this exciting series, thanks for expanding my garden Extra Credits

[MagiTailWelkin]

The Railway Mania is also an amazing tell. George Hudson would be one of the central figures. When you get something called the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway that's the point you know to get off the Looney Express.

[PossessedPotatoBird]

“Everything the British did, the Dutch did first and oftentimes better”

[anoninunen]

So what I'm hearing is that what we know of Tulip Mania is from a satire of real events, but that actual traders saw the upswing of the market and decided to copy the sceme wholesale. Likely the same people who feel inspired by "The Wolf of Wallstreet".

[percevilleburns]

I'm dying at the fact that at @7:41, that's Trazyan the infinite in the middle of the thought bubble. Biggest kleptomaniac in all of 40k. I see what you did there.

[johnsimon]

6:10 cracking up at that tulip in a paper airplane
Also love how you did the research on Dutch clothes and hairstyles - definitely reflected here.

[shawnheatherly]

This is how history gets muddled: taking things at face value.

[Olanius_Pius]

I Love how Trazen is just standing there in the buble about collecting things...

[biggdaddymiller]

I am sure the rich & Calvinist were profiting from the loss on both ends;

1) they commissioned books and plays to be sold; to make money from them and to eliminate competition.

2) They used the debt, experience of growing tulips, promises of limited profit to get folks from lower classes to farm their tulips.

3) they used the tanking of the tulip economy to create demand outside of the country by buying tulips at lower prices and reselling it; or outright destroy them if there was no profit. This way they control the profits.

[DomyTheMad]

I'm gonna keep thanking you and the patrons for choosing to cover the Tulip Mania.
one of the coolest stories to ever come out of NL

[malachiphoniex]

You should do more episodes on little understood events: History of Inoculation, the Armenian Genocide, and the Taiping Rebellion.

[commandercritic]

“We’re all maniacs for something.”

Me: nervously side eyes my Warhammer collection 😅

[nicholruaya]

The bubblegum statue in Helga's shrine from Hey Arnold as an example of relic worship sent me

[nessesaryschoolthing]

2:35 "...they were often written in the form of a two-person dialogue so they could be read aloud like plays in taverns."

Me: It's a shame that people trying to be funny and appeal to the public don't write that way anymore.
EC: About that...

[hadrian]

The drawing for "Relic Worship" is exactly what I needed.