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Okay i get the flat is good for bikes.. but meetings, curious about that one?
by goodlinks 2y ago
Okay i get the flat is good for bikes.. but meetings, curious about that one?
- gsf_emergency 2y agoI suspect he was referring to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder_model#Historical_background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polder_model#Historical_backgr...
- leobg 2y agoInteresting read. Quote: > Ever since the Middle Ages, when the process of land reclamation began, different societies living in the same polder have been forced to cooperate because without unanimous agreement on shared responsibility for maintenance of the dykes and pumping stations, the polders would have flooded and everyone would have suffered. Crucially, even when different cities in the same polder were at war, they still had to cooperate in this respect. This is thought to have taught the Dutch to set aside differences for a greater purpose.
- mettamage 2y agoYep, that one