Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "The South Sea Bubble - 5 Minute History Lesson" video.

  1. If you think speculation NOW is bad, just note the South Sea Company and Mississippi Companies each had market caps larger than all modern tech giants combined... BEFORE industrialization.
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  2. The Dutch East India Company needs more finance videos than it gets. It was the world's only publicly traded COUNTRY. Owned and run by the Dutch government and managing their extensive overseas empire, and the subject of the world's first short and distort scheme.
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  3. Not exactly. This was just a high risk venture that exploded due to insider manipulation from John Blunt and co. Bitcoin is a niche clandestine asset that exploded due to, well, insider manipulation from anyone who wants to be a miner or programmer.
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