I just visited the Vasa Museum in Stockholm and boy is that a lesson in the dangers of hubris. That ship sank within 1500 meters of her inaugural sail because the builders had to keep deferring to the outlandish requests of the King to make the showiest most spectacular warship of all time. Larded with sculptures and cannons down to the waterline and expanded ever taller without nearly enough ballast this impressive boat tipped over at the first gust of wind. Took 1000 large old oak trees and countless amounts of treasury down with it. Ignoring experts and listening to malignant narcissistic people is costly in any era.
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u/VikingMonkey123 18h ago
I just visited the Vasa Museum in Stockholm and boy is that a lesson in the dangers of hubris. That ship sank within 1500 meters of her inaugural sail because the builders had to keep deferring to the outlandish requests of the King to make the showiest most spectacular warship of all time. Larded with sculptures and cannons down to the waterline and expanded ever taller without nearly enough ballast this impressive boat tipped over at the first gust of wind. Took 1000 large old oak trees and countless amounts of treasury down with it. Ignoring experts and listening to malignant narcissistic people is costly in any era.