> Coming out of the 1940's, where fascism preyed on nostalgia and fear, brutalism brings forward a concept of the future that is both fearless and lacks nostalg

> Coming out of the 1940's, where fascism preyed on nostalgia and fear, brutalism brings forward a concept of the future that is both fearless and lacks nostalgia. Ah, that explains why brutalist buildings look so much like all those concrete bunkers and flak towers that Germany built during the war. It all makes sense now.