• @ChillDude69OP
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    127 months ago

    Oh, for sure. Can’t you see Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ faces on a tapestry, like the founders of the OG medieval dynasties? That’s what we’re heading into.

    Shit, I always thought those sci-fi settings (like Warhammer 40k, Dune, Bill the Galactic Hero) where people returned to actual systems of lords and peasants were kind of far-fetched. I was simply naïve. We’re witnessing the start of that shit, right the fuck now.

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      87 months ago

      at least that would be visually cool. currently we have none of the benefits of feudalism, but all of the downsides. Like at least during the massive wealth inequality around 1900, they built shit like this:

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      Now we get this:

      • @ChillDude69OP
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        67 months ago

        Truly excellent point. The closest thing to badass architecture that the neo-aristocracy is doing right now would be those godforsaken super-yachts. But they’re either en route, somewhere in the ocean where nobody can see them, or else just tied up at the pier, looking like a generically massive “look at my wealth dick” boat. Yawn.

        Like you’re saying, they could at LEAST build some super-amazing buildings. Or maybe, like, two or three of them could get into a prick-waving contest, to see who’s gonna pay off more people’s fucking medical debt. Just to flex.

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          7 months ago

          godforsaken super-yachts

          aaaaaAAAAAAAAAA!!! Now I got flashbacks of watching investigations from Anti-Corruption Foundation.

          I think this is only translated part of investigations, where yachts are mentioned. Maybe also this old investigation, but I don’t clearly remember if it had yachts in it.

        • DarkSirrush
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          17 months ago

          Not for long, the orcas are having fun sinking them all lately.

        • @[email protected]
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          17 months ago

          from what I’ve seen pretty much the only newly built “pre-war” architecture comes from citizens movements. You know, the people that actually have to live and work in these buildings, that can’t flee to their island on their mega-yacht.

          It only takes around 3-5% more money, not to build oppulent buildings like this, but toned down, still beautiful versions that used to be the norm before the World Wars. But they are 100x more beautiful than any of the McMansions and shoe boxes we mostly build today.