above all the other pesky plebs

Ceo sits at the top level

Skyscrapers are the modern version of "temple architecture"

Instead of high priests we have the CEO and the chairman

I do think skyscrapers are good for that reason

Human society stays fundamentally the same

the CEO and the Chairman actually produce though goy

Just the outer form changes

produces material

It’s a symbol of continuity and constancy and human achievement that’s important

the priest produces mental comfort

Depends on the time and the society

we have replaced most of that with consoooooooooooooom

Also, most people who work in skyscrapers don't really produce anything

consoom the mental troubles away

I don’t think it’s incisive or original to say consumption has replaced religion

Unless you count moving money around and printing reports "production"

It competes for our attention

well

its winning pretty heavily

It’s clutter

Noise

oversaturating noise

A lot of other things are winning heavily not just consumption

Postmodernism

idk

postmodernism seems to open the consoom gate

Consumption can be good or bad

seems to go hand in hand

Would you rather travel to Saturn in a US, German, or Japanese built ship?

German

hmm

Probably yank at this point because we have an established aerospace industry

depends

US

No hesitation

Assuming all had ability

Germany doesn’t manufacture any aircraft and has no tradition of it

The expertise is American

well this would be spacecraft

It has no continuous tradition