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This whole idea is so incredibly dumb. This is the problem with unfathomably rich authoritarian rulers with unchecked power. They don't have people pushing bac
by kilroy123 4y ago
This whole idea is so incredibly dumb.
This is the problem with unfathomably rich authoritarian rulers with unchecked power. They don't have people pushing back on their grandiose and insane ideas.
A great example of this is Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat.
- throw_pm23 4y agoIt's not just that no-one pushes back, but the opposite: many actively encourage it (especially the consultants and the US/EU firms who ultimately mostly benefit from it).
- yrgulation 4y agoSo this is america’s and europe’s fault again somehow?
- throw_pm23 4y agoNo, just the usual symbiosis between stupidity and greed.
- pfortuny 4y agoArchitects and engineers too. This is surely a very profitable business…
- Oxidation 4y agoI'd almost like to have my nose in that trough (and God knows when I was looking for a job, YouTube was spamming me with Oxagon adverts enough to know there exist such jobs), but then I imagine the type of person that would gravitate to manage such a project that I'd be down-line of and think "maybe not".