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This is very naïve. Berlin had the perfect storm required for this to work: a strong counter culture, post-wall joy, and a lot of cheap old abandoned buildings.
by bowsamic 3y ago
This is very naïve. Berlin had the perfect storm required for this to work: a strong counter culture, post-wall joy, and a lot of cheap old abandoned buildings. It really isn't just something that can happen anywhere, hence why it hasn't...
- FFP999 3y agoMany places have abundant abandoned buildings and a strong counter culture. Very few have a Berlin Wall, I'll grant you, but the spark to set this off could come from elsewhere.
- bowsamic 3y agoIt could, but it also could not. Don't take it for granted, it might not happen again
- FFP999 3y agoI guess it depends on what we mean by "it". If you mean an exact repeat of Berlin 1989 to today-ish, no. But if we're talking a vibrant counterculture in general, then favorable conditions for that are far more common. History, as they say, doesn't repeat, but it sometimes rhymes. Also if you look at my exact wording: I don't say it's going to happen, I say I would not be surprised to see it happen.