Message from @Chawosaurian
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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
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
It can be designed wherever
Built