Trump and the white man's greed
Trump's trade war reminds me of the spice islands and the DUTCH
After diplomacy had failed, the Dutch demanded that the Sultan expel all foreign traders from his port and stop his own merchants from trading with those in the Moluccas who were defying the VOC-imposed monopoly. Sultan Hasanuddin was no fool and shrewdly responded: Such prohibition runs Counter to the commandment Of God, who created the world in order that all people should have the enjoyment thereof. Or do you believe that God has reserved these islands, so far away from the place of your nation. for only your trade alone? The Dutch first attacked Macassar in 1660. Their soldiers landed in the southem part of Macassar and successfully seized Fort Panakkukang but were unable to overcome the Sultan's troops and capture the rest of the city. In 1667, the VOC formed an alliance with Aru Palakka, the Ruler of Bone, in South Sulawesi, and with the aid of his Bugis warriors laid siege again to the city. Two years later the Dutch and their Bugis allies were finally able to force the surrender of Macassar, after some of the fiercest fighting they had ever experienced in the Indies. The lithograph celebrating the victory shows portraits of Dutch General Cornelis Speelman and his Bugis ally Aru Palakka above a vast scene of the battle for Macassar. The Dutch East India Company was now the richest private company the world had ever seen. It owned 150 merchant ships, 40 warships and had 30,000 employees, including an army of 15,000 soldiers. Its stranglehold on the Spice Islands was complete and all believed there was no power in the world that could break its monopoly over the trade in cloves and nutmeg.
Trump's trade war reminds me of the spice islands and the DUTCH
After diplomacy had failed, the Dutch demanded that the Sultan expel all foreign traders from his port and stop his own merchants from trading with those in the Moluccas who were defying the VOC-imposed monopoly. Sultan Hasanuddin was no fool and shrewdly responded: Such prohibition runs Counter to the commandment Of God, who created the world in order that all people should have the enjoyment thereof. Or do you believe that God has reserved these islands, so far away from the place of your nation. for only your trade alone? The Dutch first attacked Macassar in 1660. Their soldiers landed in the southem part of Macassar and successfully seized Fort Panakkukang but were unable to overcome the Sultan's troops and capture the rest of the city. In 1667, the VOC formed an alliance with Aru Palakka, the Ruler of Bone, in South Sulawesi, and with the aid of his Bugis warriors laid siege again to the city. Two years later the Dutch and their Bugis allies were finally able to force the surrender of Macassar, after some of the fiercest fighting they had ever experienced in the Indies. The lithograph celebrating the victory shows portraits of Dutch General Cornelis Speelman and his Bugis ally Aru Palakka above a vast scene of the battle for Macassar. The Dutch East India Company was now the richest private company the world had ever seen. It owned 150 merchant ships, 40 warships and had 30,000 employees, including an army of 15,000 soldiers. Its stranglehold on the Spice Islands was complete and all believed there was no power in the world that could break its monopoly over the trade in cloves and nutmeg.
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