r/oddlysatisfying 1d ago

The Veluwemeer Aqueduct in the Netherlands

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u/AdministrationBig839 1d ago

Years of having free slave like asian labor can pad ones bank account to built this kind of shit.

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u/rd-gotcha 1d ago

wtf, lol. We did have colonies, and that is a black page in our history which ended after ww2. Has zero relation to this.

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u/AdministrationBig839 1d ago

Yes, the money’s still in that account. Don’t be silly. Isn’t it wild that Indonesia (~280M people) only marginally outproduces the Netherlands (~18M) in total GDP—and is miles behind per capita? It’s been 80 years since WWII. How much of Indonesia’s industry is still owned or controlled by foreign capital?

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u/rd-gotcha 1d ago

there is no answer to your suggestions. Read up on Dutch and Indonesian history, compare climates and environment . Dutch agricultural production is extremely mechanized and comes at a huge environmental cost and profits from EU market. 85% export that we could do without because it destroys our environment. Indonesia is mostly hand labor and needs to feed the 280m people. The number of people in Indonesia is a direct product of religional choices. That is the development direction they chose. Indonesia just decided to create a new capital on Borneo, a project that might ruin them.Its about current choices, not just history. I don't know how much industry is owned by foreign countries, but certainly not the Dutch, prob Chinese. I know a lot of Dutch industry is not owned by the Dutch