Re: Holland, Tulips, early/mid 1600s ...
"why do I bother?"
It's more: Why do we ALL bother?? From nationalism to economic bubbles to xenophobia to climate polluting, today's world has (re)embraced beliefs that have previously ended in nothing but disaster and sorrow. I've just about given up on believing that the current generation of humans in power have any form of both intelligence or logic, for they have constantly failed to show much in real, everyday choices.