Mooie illustratie van hoe architecten altijd achterliepen bij cultuurverandering. In de jaren '60 en '70 kwamen bloemen en kleur terug, zoals je ziet in de kleding. Flower power, humor en levenslust. Architecten bleven doof en blind vasthouden aan verouderde principes.
There is an important rule among politicologists: 'believe the autocrat.' Because what he says often sounds too far out or unlikely to be taken seriously. And then when it becomes reality people are still surprised.
I find it very tiresome that for the sake of diplomacy world leaders don't speak their mind about each other. I also very much wonder if this politeness is effective. When there is a spat, there is often still dealing after that, so why not let your people and the world know where you stand.
Je zou bijna denken dat rechts hier té ideologisch is. Alles overlaten aan het bedrijfsleven en geen visie willen van de overheid. Terwijl de overheid grote, complexe projecten mogelijk kan maken waar ook goed aan te verdienen valt.
Yes and I really mean how it rules, the intricacies of it, not just that it rules.
At some point they might actually make a decent plan for regime change and democracy, just because they want to stay in the quagmire (no, don't believe it, never assume anything good about this administration)
First you spend years to become smart, then you need double the amount of years to understand how stupidity rules the world
Deels irrationele woede door persoonlijke frustraties maar dat maakt niet uit, feit blijft dat wij geen boze linkse politici zien waarin wij onszelf herkennen. Dat is frustrerend. Het was ook niet altijd zo. Activistisch links met krakers, harde muziek en confronterende leuzen was vroeger groot 2/2
Mwah ik zou hetzelfde zeggen over de Telegraaf. En misschien over Bosma. Dus ik begrijp dat hij zich zo uitspreekt. Ik zou vooral van linkse politici méér van dergelijke felheid verwachten. Een substantieel deel van het linkse electoraat, waaronder ik, loopt rond met woede. 1/2
Ik was 20 jaar lid van GL. Uiteindelijk afgehaakt omdat er te veel sociale woningen in mijn buurt (oud-west) werden verkocht. Woningen met tuintjes, aan de gracht, in mooie straten werden o.a. door Stadgenoot op Funda gezet. En de sociale nieuwbouw is kankerlelijke hoogbouw op afgelegen locaties.
Het is moeilijk om je als intelligent en verantwoordelijk mens in te leven in opportunistische idioten. Het ene moment komen ze verder dan je denkt, het volgende moment breken ze zelf weer af wat ze bereikt hebben. Ik merk dat ik de competentie niet heb om niveaus van incompetentie te onderscheiden
Many of these early works are loved by the public but pretty much ignored by art historians
Ik denk dat maar 10 procent van de mensen erg graag macht wil, maar dat zijn natuurlijk wel de mensen die het meest op machtsposities komen. En dan geldt wat Orwell schreef: 'Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own?'
Orwell 1949: 'Obedience is not enough. Unless he is suffering, how can you be sure that he is obeying your will and not his own?' Russell 1950: 'Since power is shown in making humans do what they would rather not do, the man who loves power is more apt to inflict pain than to permit pleasure.'
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You can't do justice to all injustice in a lifetime. Just calculating the consistency would cost a thousand years. And you were not talking about intellectual consistency but protests and that is even harder; to protest as much against everything as deserved. It makes sense to join momentum.
I think you find some people on the right, Trumpists and Orbanist nationalists, and a some people on the far left who don't recognize the danger. But I understand it could be more and better.
Ik was even vergeten dat Rob van Essen stilistisch nogal slordig schrijft. Het is geen Hemingway of Marquez zullen we maar zeggen. Dat hoeft ook niet, er zijn andere vormen van kwaliteit.
We are right before the tourist season and these places are still quiet and nice to visit
There will be a lot of pressure to build something ugly and modern there. I hope they rebuild the old design and use that occasion to train people to build things again that most people actually like. A lot of building techniques but also a feeling for beauty survive in the conservation community.
Suddenly I can see an animated film about traditional buildings fighting against modernist buildings. With a story like: most humans have been killed by the modern buildings because humans are not efficient, clean and rational. But some humans are still alive, protected by traditional buildings.
Nu heb je het podium om je harder uit te spreken tegen Israël en een een meerderheid in de kamer om Israël concreet hard aan te pakken. Ga je dat doen of blijft het bij mooie woorden en dienstbaarheid aan de VVD.
I mean if a campus would shut down over russian crimes there would be complaints they didn't do it over Sudan or Myanmar
Most western governments are still supporting Israel. But I think it would be great if more people protested against more things. Maybe I read Darth wrong and got a bit defensive, that is because protesters always get accused of hypocrisy while those who never protest are the real problem
Is Ryan Gosling the bad guy? I think he ruins every movie except when he plays the bad guy
If you mean to say that there is a lot of misery in the world that deserves attention then you are right. But your communication is unclear. The 'what about' argument is mostly used to dismiss protests that are actually taking place instead against people who never protest at all.
This building has a random wall sticking out so they could place a sculpture there. There is no reason at all why that should not happen in modern buildings but modern architects keep coming up with excuses for keeping things boring.
This. A million times.
Netanyahu doesn't want Iran to become a prosperous democracy just like he doesn't want Egypt or any other neighboring state to flourish. Just look at his stance during the Arab spring. Netanyahu wants as many dead Arabs and Muslims as global public opinion will allow.
Maybe because most people already agree that the Russian crimes are bad?
I'm not sure what you imply, that the west is arming Russia like they arm Israel?
