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  • vburo0

    that's a very interesting point you bring up.

    the success of anything Dutch was consistently fed by the dependance of other nations..

    ah, it's early here...
    :D

    what i am trying to say is: NL has always been a trading nation as we do not have valuable natural resources such as oil, gold etc.

    perhaps this international - extroverted - attitude of the Dutch is key here.

    for instance:
    The Dutch Dept. for Economic Affairs would (sometimes heavily IMHO) finance dj's to be able to spin tables abroad, as they saw the Dutch successes in the dance/house/techno scene as a valuable trading good..

    perhaps that's even more important then the direct financing of artists to create work within NL..

    but ofcourse one cannot exist without the other..

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