Macrolog
On Capitalism
I think this guy is missing the point entirely.
Capitalism doesn’t produce inherent ugliness, but such ugliness is undeniably a symptom of the greater capitalist disease.
Wal-Mart and stores of its ilk are ugly. Regardless of the efficiency and functionality of such institutions they are - in an external aesthetic sense - eyesores.
On the other hand, places like Grafton Street or, say, Fifth Avenue - grand temples of, and monuments to, capitalism - can be quite beautiful.
In the right light, of course.
Sun 11 Aug 2002 at 19:46 ·
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