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Some of these "traditional European architecture" accounts have a darker side to them: https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2018/08/how-archit

• akarma 5y ago
  This is quite a bit of misinformation. From the article: > The account has also shown a preference for cultural conservatives in its “likes”, which these include ... Roger Scruton, a man known for making a career out of his prejudice; and Leon Krier, a disciple of Hitler’s chief architect Albert Speer. Roger Scruton was knighted for his contributions to public education [0] and helped establish an underground academic network in Soviet-occupied Europe. He was also one of the best contributors to the New Statesman which I suppose is now cancelling him? Leon Krier was in no way a disciple of Albert Speer. Speer's only mentioned in the footnotes of Krier's Wikipedia article [1] because Krier wrote a book about Speer where he asked, “Can a war criminal be a great artist?” [2] It seems that the problem to this writer is conservatism as a whole, and of course these accounts are conservative! The whole point of the Twitter accounts is pro-conservation! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Scruton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Scruton [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Krier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Krier [2] https://www.monacellipress.com/book/albert-speer/ https://www.monacellipress.com/book/albert-speer/