The Netherlands is Controlling China, And Trying To Takeover The World Economy...

This is the town of Veldhoven in the netherlands. Its a fairly modest town with a population of 45,500. But what if I told you, that the entire world economy, is based around this town. Because, what is happening here, in Veldhoven, has been catching the attention of the worlds superpowers. In fact, something that is happening here, quietly, in the background, just might dramatically change the world for the better of humanity, cause a full on economic collapse, and maybe, just maybe, make an old empire rise once again.

This is the rotte River. Around the year 900 AD, a few dozen people lived along this river. However, over the next few hundred years, those few dozen people grew into a village with over 500 people. However, just as the village seemed to be reaching new heights, a massive flood of the river came and wiped out most of infrastructure of the village. And for 100 years, because of the flooding, this area didn’t recover. But then, the area became an area that would become one of the most important economic projects in history.

In the mid 1200’s, the Rotte River had a Dam built along it which helped reclaim a lot of the flooded land that the river destroyed a century earlier. Soonafter, King William the 4th of Holland officially made the village apart of Holland, and named it RotterDam after the river, and the dam which allowed the village to exist.

King William then announced a Canal project for Rotterdam, which would allow ships to enter and leave the city fairly easily. And it was this Canal project which would accidentally change the world as we know it today.

You see, the Canal in the 1300’s, did help bolster the local economy of Rotterdam but at the time, ship technology, and International trade were pretty limited. So for the time being, this Port and Canal was pretty much only used for trade between nearby countries.

But then, a strange thing happened. A race to become the new great empire of the world was underway. Spain, Portugal, and Britain all began inventing new ship technologies to expand their empires throughout the world. And over the next several centuries, globalization and colonization became rampant throughout the world. And all of a sudden, the port of Rotterdam, became one of the largest trading Hubs in the world.

You see, in the 1600s, as other empires like the british, spanish, and portuguese were focused on expanding their empire and seeing how much land they could conquer, the Dutch focused on controlling a few select countries, and creating trading posts, resource exploitations, and forts, rather than large expansive swaths of land.

Also during this time, the Netherlands also transitioned their economic policy towards having free markets, property rights for all, and high levels of agricultural and technological investment, therefore the Netherlands became known as the worlds first modern economy.

And because of all these reasons, the NEtherlands soon became known as the Dutch empire. The dutch controlled global trade, and dictated which nations were able to have access to key resources like spices, Rye, and luxuries,

By 1670, half of all european trade came from Dutch ships, and flowed through the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

Think about that, at the time of some of the largest empires in history, the Netherlands, who had a population of only about 2 million people, dominated world trade.

And I know what you are probably asking. What happened to this trade empire? Well, it actually never really went anywhere.

You see, even after its decolonization of its empire, the Dutch quietly have been one of the biggest trading nations in the world.

If you were to take a look at the top exporters of goods in the world, you would see something that may catch your eye.
The top exporters may seem obvious, as they are China, the United States, Germany, and Japan. Those nations have been the kings of exports for decades, and they all have very large populations. So that makes sense.
But who do you think is the next largest exporter of goods? Is it an old power like the UK or france? How about a large populous country like brazil or India? Maybe its an upcoming manufacturing powerhouse like indonesia?

Well. As it turns out. The Netherlands, is still one of the top exporters of goods in the world. Despite having a population of only 19 million people today, the Dutch

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[mcdrogo]

It was Otto Von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor that said "if the Dutch lived in Ireland, they'd feed the world; and if the Irish lived in Holland, they'd drown."

[davidcunningham]

The Netherlands is an awesome country full of smart people except in the government

[peterdykzeul]

I am New Zealand born from Dutch parents whom immigrated to NZ in the early 1950's along with many other Dutch immigrants at that time. The Dutch have always punched far above their weight in economics innovation. Am proud to be a Kiwi and also proud of my Dutch heritage.

[Ashleycorrie]

Some group of economists have projected that both the U.S and parts of Europe could slip into a recession for a portion of 2023. A global recession, define as a contraction in annual global per capita income, is more rare because china and emerging markets often grow faster than more developed economies. Essentially the world economy is considered to be in recession if economic growth falls behind population growth.

[rollsroyce]

Netherlands has always amazed me as it's a Trillion dollars trade super power with just 18 million people.

[smileywarhead]

The power of the Netherlands has always been Europe's greatest unkept secret

[jamesharrison]

With markets tumbling, inflation soaring, the Fed imposing large interest-rate hike, while treasury yields are rising rapidly—which means more red ink for portfolios this quarter. How can I profit from the current volatile market, I'm still at a crossroads deciding if to liquidate my $125k bond/stocck portfolio

[karri]

There is so much to love about the Netherlands, they are pioneers in many aspects. With just 18 millions of inhabitants they have impacted this world in the most positive way in my opinion. As human beings it seems as though they are one step ahead of everyone else. ❤ and hope to visit one day.

[Liam-ivwk]

The Netherlands is definitely the best historical example of "playing tall" if the world was just a bunch of paradox games.

[janb]

Coming from Veldhoven, it's been amazing to see ASML explode over the last two decades.
Also, none of those Dutch city shots are from Veldhoven.

[andrewanulewicz]

Awesome video, long time ASML investor and the early historical context was very interesting!

[gringo]

Excellently researched and presented Documentary. Your doing World Class investigative Journalism, Sir Chapple! 😎

[janvandoren]

I was born and raised in Veldhoven. Did my schooling there and studied in Eindhoven. During my study in the early 90’s, as part of a project, me and some fellow students did an interview with someone from the startup company ASML. Little did we know it would become THE major player in IT. I am still proud to hear about ASML. Not only because it started in the town that I was born, but also as a student to talk with them in the early days.

[faasramaekers]

Netherlands really chose the right civilisation and got the agriculture bonus and did the right research 💀 Definitely 5 million power at least

[zdrowamoc]

The greatest superpower from the Netherlands is Wim Hof!

Shared, thanks! Kind greetings from the Netherlands!

[gingerkilkus]

My greatest concern is how to recover from all these economic and global troubles and stay afloat especially with the political power tussle going on in world.

[Wolfo]

For clarification : 1:26 . It was *Count* William the 4th of Holland that gave Rotterdam its city rights in 1340, not *King* William the 4th who lived 500 years later. Had me scratching my head in confusion for a second.

[dillardblom]

Hi Jack, nice video! Two small corrections: in the Netherlands we are with around 18 million at the moment, not 19 :) And it wasn't King William IV (because we only became a Kingdom in 1815), but Count William (or Willem in Dutch) the 4th who was involved in the founding of Rotterdam in 1270.

[chiquitafeldberg]

My uncle lives in a small town just outside of Amsterdam and his business supplies many of the major airlines with all kinds of things. The Dutch are extremely industrious and allways have been. Good move Holland!