• Aria
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    7 months ago

    Look up China Ghost towns. Some insightful shit.

    No it isn’t. This is the insightful western coverage.
    https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/chongqing-china-metro-station-nowhere/index.html
    But as it turns out, predictably, if you check now the city has reached it and it’s a completely unremarkable piece of infrastructure.

    Next they’ll write articles about the next stop in the line. Maybe western media can’t wrap their heads around purpose oriented modes of production.