Man-made wonders
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hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonereplied to The Picard Maneuver 8 days ago last edited by
I mean, I wouldn't want tons of labor to be spent on building a huge tomb for a single rich and powerful guy...
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remembertheapollo_@lemmy.worldreplied to hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 days ago last edited by
The rich are certainly expending a lot of effort into making one giant tomb for all of us.
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lugal@sopuli.xyzreplied to The Picard Maneuver 8 days ago last edited by
Gelderloos argues in Worshiping Power that early states had to convince people of their superiority. Now that states are the norm and it's barely possible to live in a stateless society, this isn't necessary anymore.
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stevedice@sh.itjust.worksreplied to The Picard Maneuver 8 days ago last edited by
I resent European imperialism for killing interesting architecture.
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saharamaleikuhm@feddit.orgreplied to remembertheapollo_@lemmy.world 8 days ago last edited by
Don't you worry, I'm sure the rich will be just fine.
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themachinestops@discuss.tchncs.dereplied to AItoothbrush 8 days ago last edited by
The will not last as long as the pyramids.
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hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonereplied to remembertheapollo_@lemmy.world 8 days ago last edited by
The rich
effort
Sounds like an oxymoron.
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hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonereplied to saharamaleikuhm@feddit.org 8 days ago last edited by
Oh phew, I was getting worried for the poor billionares and millionares.
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hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zonereplied to katana314@lemmy.world 8 days ago last edited by
I mean, from what I've heard, prison slavery is really widespread in the US, and apparently (this one I'm not really sure about) prisoners are currently being used to put out the fires in LA.
And besides that, we (westeners) can nicely use all the poor countries we fucked over for all our slavery needs. As uncomfortable as it is to admit, the phone I'm using to type this most likely has had at least some slavery involved.
(P.S. as another commenter pointed out, the pyramids weren't built with slave labor. The ancient Greeks came to look at the pyramids much later and thought they were built by slaves because that's how the Greeks built their stuff.)
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uniquethrowagay@feddit.orgreplied to saharamaleikuhm@feddit.org 8 days ago last edited by
If it gets catastrophic enough for society to collapse, which is not at all unrealistic, the rich will be just as fucked as the rest of us. They may last a few months more, but they're fucked without their peasants.
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Something Burger 🍔replied to stevedice@sh.itjust.works 7 days ago last edited by
Square:
Triangle: 🤯
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sam_bass@lemmy.worldreplied to The Picard Maneuver 7 days ago last edited by
The more modern "wonders" are more of a WTF kind
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stevedice@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Something Burger 🍔 7 days ago last edited by
There were thousands of cultures with clearly distinct architecture that got washed out by European hegemony. Why are you being willfully ignorant?