Yeah, what would I know about the construction of commieblocks, I just spent years living in them. I'm sure the teenage average redditors know much better than I do.
More people in the 20th century were murdered by their OWN governments than from any other cause. If people don't know what democide is, definitely read through the site I linked above. Yes, it is old school HTML but the message is important.
That guy isn't actually wrong, material theft was an incredibly huge problem as well. It's just irrelevant to the discussion, because stolen construction materials don't make the walls change angles.
I do like looking at brutalist architecture, for two reasons. One is that it gives me massive nostalgia - I grew up in a neighborhood composed of paneláky and I have some memories I made among these concrete behemoths that I'm fond of, and two, brutalist buildings can actually look kinda cool, in the same way pictures of postapocalyptic future can. I wouldn't want to live there, but I can appreciate the... strangeness, I suppose.
Also to be fair, commie buildings were ugly but at least their planners left plenty of vegetation between them. Modern construction in cities is just as ugly, even if it's usually higher quality, but it's always a concrete wasteland.
Yeah, what would I know about the construction of commieblocks, I just spent years living in them. I'm sure the teenage average redditors know much better than I do.
Sad to see that. Anyone defending ANYTHING communist related is entirely ignorant of modern history, willfully or not.
https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM
More people in the 20th century were murdered by their OWN governments than from any other cause. If people don't know what democide is, definitely read through the site I linked above. Yes, it is old school HTML but the message is important.
I will say that the USSR anthem was darn good. Not worth all the other stuff, but still one of the (if not the) best national anthems out there IMO.
Yeah it's pretty good. They even kept the melody after the USSR dissolved and just changed the lyrics.
They made good firearms.
That first response though, "uh, educate yourself, soviet laborers weren't drunk- they were thieves."
That guy isn't actually wrong, material theft was an incredibly huge problem as well. It's just irrelevant to the discussion, because stolen construction materials don't make the walls change angles.
Remains so in China.
It's not that they don't KNOW how to build, they just know how to cut corners and make it last just long enough for the checks to clear.
I've heard some 'former commies' say the free materials were considered partial compensation for having to be commies.
"If you're not stealing from your job, you're stealing from your family."
We Pretend to Work and They Pretend to Pay Us
Eh, there is no need to be drunk to fuck up wall angles.
Source: i live in a house with not a single right angle, built by a mostly sober man.
Do those people actually like those horribly looking buildings? I can't see a way were those grey blocks would appeal anyone.
I do like looking at brutalist architecture, for two reasons. One is that it gives me massive nostalgia - I grew up in a neighborhood composed of paneláky and I have some memories I made among these concrete behemoths that I'm fond of, and two, brutalist buildings can actually look kinda cool, in the same way pictures of postapocalyptic future can. I wouldn't want to live there, but I can appreciate the... strangeness, I suppose.
Also to be fair, commie buildings were ugly but at least their planners left plenty of vegetation between them. Modern construction in cities is just as ugly, even if it's usually higher quality, but it's always a concrete wasteland.
This very thing makes Moscow such a livable city, even though with 20+ million people it's the biggest city in Europe.