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> Why is the Moscow Metro so grandiose compared to other Soviet architecture (reddit.com) Stalin's ego, turned into an architectural style. That's why. No nee

• pmoriarty 5y ago
  "Stalin's ego, turned into an architectural style. That's why. No need to spend 3 screens of writing on this." Are you interested in getting a two-word answer or in learning about the history of the Soviet Union, the Metro, its view of socialism, ideals, etc? A brief dismissive answer like your teaches virtually nothing, and the reader does not come away from it any more informed than before. It also does a disservice to HN by discouraging intellectual curiosity. Not to mention that it's against HN guidelines[1], which say: "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." [1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  • baybal2 5y ago
    The "monumental" works of Stalin era are monuments of sheer cruelty. When you go to Moscow metro, think think how many people had to die building it, repressed while building it, robbed while building it, starved while building it for you to see that beauty. Had I had a way, I would've ordered all and every piece of Stalinist work to be scraped off, and buried. You don't see foreigners walking ogling at Svastikas in Berlin metro. It all was meticulously demolished, bulldozed, scrubbed, and buried.
    • Twixes 5y ago
      Well, Autobahnen weren't demolished after Hitler was gone, were they? It's absurd to destroy useful and valuable works just to spite a dead dictator. Swastikas obviously don't amount to that, but whole astounding subway stations definitely do.