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And it references the "ivory tower" of academia, the pursuit of "higher learning". In the age of skyscrapers we don't appreciate the inherent power/awe that tal
by AtlasBarfed 5y ago
And it references the "ivory tower" of academia, the pursuit of "higher learning". In the age of skyscrapers we don't appreciate the inherent power/awe that tall structures likely had on people. It symbolically indicates power from ability, technology, competence, engineering, and use of resources.
Actually, skyscrapers ARE the modern equivalent. The "wizards of finance" and the like inhabit them, exerting power with the magic spells of technology, finance, bribery, influence, and organization. Corporations seek them for the same reasons that fantasy wizards, kings, and churches used to.
And duh, Tolkien. It's the title of the second book.
- faeriechangling 5y agoThe United States recently elected a leader that lives in $100M gilded 3 story penthouse atop a skyscraper in downtown Manhattan. This leader made amongst the most enemies of any living person I can name and was ostracised from popular society upon exiting the presidency. One of the ways he pitched himself as a worthy leader was boasting of all the Resplendent Wizard Towers across the world with his name on them. Here is an article where both a CNN columnist and one of Trumps former underlings warn of his dark magic: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/opinions/trump-lindsay-graham-rnc-dantonio/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/09/opinions/trump-lindsay-graham...
- janto 5y agoEhhh, Trump got popular in part because he says what he thinks and doesn't want to make friends with the then establishment. Making enemies is expected. When you say ostracized, do you mean removed from Twitter?