Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: March 21, 2024, 06:49:50 pm »Our enemies admit that the Western notion of architectural beauty is "conspicuous consumption":
https://www.takimag.com/article/the-year-zero-of-american-architecture/
This is why Western civilization is aesthetically the most inferior civilization in the world.
Our enemies include an example:
As for the answer to our enemies' question:
Counterculture, duh!
Unfortunately the Counterculture era ended:
See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/plebian-hubris/
Continuing:
It is unsurprising that conspicuous consumption correlates with high sexual dimorphism.
https://www.takimag.com/article/the-year-zero-of-american-architecture/
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Why do some buildings make us happier than other buildings?
Tom Wolfe offered an eye-opening explanation in his 2003 collegiate novel I Am Charlotte Simmons: “the existence of conspicuous consumption one has rightful access to—as a student had rightful access to the fabulous Dupont Memorial Library—creates a sense of well-being.”
But why did architects suddenly lose interest in their traditional task of providing the pleasures of conspicuous consumption eight decades ago?
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The dirty secret of many of the world’s greatest buildings is that they are great because they are expensive (they please us because they indulge our desire for rightful access to conspicuous consumption)
This is why Western civilization is aesthetically the most inferior civilization in the world.
Our enemies include an example:
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As for the answer to our enemies' question:
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Why did architects turn against appealing architecture in 1945?
Counterculture, duh!
Unfortunately the Counterculture era ended:
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In this century, however, there has been some evidence that the public is finally getting what it wants rather than what academic architects feel it deserves.
See also:
https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/plebian-hubris/
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For instance, here’s the new firehouse near USC:
Surprisingly, the new firehouses being built on the bigger lots by an architectural firm in San Bernardino are constructed in styles that brawny men with mustaches appreciate.
It is unsurprising that conspicuous consumption correlates with high sexual dimorphism.