I've always assumed the buyout attempt was to devalue it and cause it to fail, so I would say failure was the goal before the value wasn't able to be manipulated.
The United States was founded by people who were already upset they couldn't be as fanatical/evangelical as they wanted.
Vice Grip Garage is excellent long-form car stuff for sure. Much easier to watch than the length of the video suggests.
Definitely want to highlight Townsends, OverlySarcasticProductions, Kurzgesagt. I would add EEV Blog (for electronics enthusiasts) and Five Watt World for music folks (mostly guitar).
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