The Netherlands in 1300 vs 1900-2000
The Netherlands in 1300 vs 1900-2000
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Normal people: the sea is nice.
Dutch people: it's free real estate!
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Hardly free, these were very expensive projects both in financial terms as well as human cost.
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It's a meme, don't take it literally
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How safe is it?
Like, if war were suddenly to break out could 10% of the country be flooded with a few torpedoes?
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Maybe... I'm sure it wouldn't be great if the big dykes got blown up, but barring any insane events like this one I feel very safe, they measure all this stuff very precisely, there is actually a separate government that only deals with water management.
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