@frippa@lemmy.ml to GenZedong • 2 years agoThis sub starter pack: Big houses? Hell Public transport? Hell China? Hell Big houses in China? Double hell Old and not renovated building? Hell No ads everywhere? Hell Houses for poor people? Helllemmy.mlimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down10
arrow-up145arrow-down1imageThis sub starter pack: Big houses? Hell Public transport? Hell China? Hell Big houses in China? Double hell Old and not renovated building? Hell No ads everywhere? Hell Houses for poor people? Helllemmy.ml@frippa@lemmy.ml to GenZedong • 2 years agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareJucheBot1988link15•2 years agoPeople claim to hate socialist architecture, and yet love “cyclopean ruins” in video games. I call bullshit.
minus-square@Shrike502link9•2 years agoIf those buildings were ruins, these same people would likely love them
minus-squareAgreeableLandscape☭link10•2 years agoBecause with ruins, they don’t have to think about inconvenient things like poverty or inequality because everyone’s long dead.
minus-square@Shrike502link12•2 years agoAmong other things, yes. Plus ruins are there to be looted and are generally a sign of some failure. The buildings in OP are fresh and fully functional, a reminder of the critics’ own failures
People claim to hate socialist architecture, and yet love “cyclopean ruins” in video games.
I call bullshit.
If those buildings were ruins, these same people would likely love them
Because with ruins, they don’t have to think about inconvenient things like poverty or inequality because everyone’s long dead.
Among other things, yes. Plus ruins are there to be looted and are generally a sign of some failure. The buildings in OP are fresh and fully functional, a reminder of the critics’ own failures