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marzipanandminutiae · 1 year

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“glorification of an imagined unified Western Traditional Culture as the single objective best culture is a fascist red flag” and “a lot of modern vernacular architecture is boring, actively harmful to the mental health of people who live around it, destroying older buildings that had more personality, and shoddily built + as bland as possible for the ever profit-focused needs of capitalism” are concepts that can coexist

like. yes, be wary of Roman Statue Profile Pics decrying “modernity” on Twitter, but the idea that IKEAfying the world is somehow Progressive and if you don’t like it you MUST be far-right is just. bizarre

#architecture #history #also these styles destroy non-western traditional architecture too. you know that right?#a blocky glass tower doesn't look like a Japanese house or pueblo or a crenellated Ethiopian palace #if someone were to build a Mughal architecture-inspired apartment building here in Boston I'd be like 'AMAZING'#ANY architecture with personality is the opposite of Capitalist Hellscape Chic #I just often use Victorian and Georgian buildings as examples because. that's what's around me and what my background is in

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