how did this work so well?
favstian spirit + jew-like cunning, specifically in financial matters
The main Dutch innovation was finance. In terms of colonies and seamanship, the Dutch were piggy backing hard on prior Portuguese accomplishments. Also an absolute ton of Spanish Jews in Amsterdam bent on revenge.
>>17969066>>17969930>>17970019Yes
Autonomous regions like Utrecht, the founding of the VOC, and tolerance towards minorities like Huguenots, where many other European countries weren't.
>>17969066Every single one of 'dutch' accomplishments are actually Jewish accomplishments.
>Seething spics think anything more complex than 2+2 is evil Jewish sorcery.
Stole everything from a decaying Portugal with Britain's helpBasically kept the Protestant tradition of stealing everything from Catholics
>Dutch Brazil>The enemy's men [the Portuguese forces] are naturally agile and surefooted, able to advance or retreat speedily. They are also formidable from their natural ferocity, consisting as they do of Brazilians, Tapuyas, Negroes, Mamelucos, etc., all natives of this country; as also Portuguese and Italians, whose constitution enables them to adapt themselves very readily to the terrain, so that they can range the woods, cross the swamps, and climb or descend the hills (all of which natural obstacles are very numerous here), and that with remarkable speed and agility. Our [Dutch] men, on the contrary, fight ranged in serried ranks, after the manner of the fatherland, and they are sluggish and flabby, unsuited to this kind of country.
>>17969066We just let the jews do their thing and we all got richer for it. To be honest, jews were not all about the native replacement shit and just wanted to make money.