The Fascist Theory of Ruin Value

*Archispeak alert.

http://youyouidiot.blogspot.com/2009/11/albert-speer-and-fascist-theory-of.html

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"So what are the basic points of the 'fascist theory of ruins'? The 'nationalisation' of victimhood and melancholy, the attempted closure after an encounter with genuine disappearance, a distrust of modernisation, and lashings of sentimentality. It's quite easy really.

"What complicates matters somewhat is that Speer also designed the 'cathedral of light', which was part of the very same...