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What's less adorable is how people repeat fictitious narratives because they bolster their worldview and make them feel superior. You know why that story sound

• kilo_bravo_3 7y ago
  > That’s not to say that everything about the story is wrong; merchants really did engage in a frantic tulip trade, and they paid incredibly high prices for some bulbs. And when a number of buyers announced they couldn’t pay the high price previously agreed upon, the market did fall apart and cause a small crisis—but only because it undermined social expectations. That’s... exactly what I was getting on about. The article you posted exactly and precisely directly asserts what I’m asserting. A few knuckleheads pouring money into a shortsighted endeavor.