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The liberal mind cannot comprehend the concept of planning (europe.pub)

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[–] disorderly@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep and it's also important to consider the political/economic climate.

The 2010s had most media groups reporting on rapid, ostensibly directionless growth in China. One of the more recognized themes were the "ghost cities", so I imagine this got a lot of attention for its apparent absurdity. I honestly can't remember this one but I must have seen a hundred stories like it.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

Remember that western propaganda is always a projection, it was most likely a whataboutism for the real ghost towns in US and Eastern Europe where capitalism hollowed the local communities to the point of drastic population drop.