I think much of the "popular belief" against skyscrapers is unknowingly influenced by reactionary thinkers of the 20th century's second half. The shrillest thi

I think much of the "popular belief" against skyscrapers is unknowingly influenced by reactionary thinkers of the 20th century's second half. The shrillest thinking but/thus the most influential is this moronic idea of phallus symbols. According to which, they are a power tool for the patriachy, which albeit being so powerful the patriachy is simoultaniously so immature that it can't refrain from playing with its genitalia in public. The fact that this phallus idiocy is virtually non-rebuked in academia and still considered established, tells you about the influence on popular belief the reactionaries have had. On the contrary, skyscrapers are a sign of a culture's virtousness. Which is why dictators (and also immature policy makers [1]) throughout modern history try to emulate the skylines of these cities [2], but never achieve it [3]. Their artificial skylines either look like an experiment gone bad [4, 5], consist of only a few (one) tall buildings [6] or are confined to some "new business district" on the outskirts of their capital [7, 8]. There are other moronic reactionary, influential, ideas like the one of "clouding" ("Verschattung"), according to which because of skyscrapers we're either dying from Vitamin D deficiency or because of sadness because we can't see our monuments anymore. This is ignoring the fact that a 2 story building is already enough to cast a shadow upon you, thus in most old towns you were already unable to see any landmarks and already were "clouded" (in warmer areas even intentionally). On the contrary, while most skyscrapers will look functional, many achieve a democratization of identity, in that they enable more people see their city's icons. [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikingturm https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikingturm [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(Moscow) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(Moscow) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryugyong_Hotel [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Pearl_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Pearl_Tower [5] http://www.globalpostmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/2011-March-China_0410.jpg http://www.globalpostmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/201... [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabemba_Tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabemba_Tower [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_City_(businnes_center) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_City_(businnes_center) [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur-Sultan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur-Sultan