It's not that I think this building (or attraction or whatever) is beautiful and worthwhile. It's just that I don't care that much and I'm a bit skeptical of people who do. I don't think it would matter what kind of sculpture/attraction/landmark/etc was built here -- people would still be criticizing it because there are a lot of people who pour derision onto everything the ultra-rich do. It's like a hobby.
I think the two main motivators of this behavior are 1. jealousy and 2. a way for middle class people to distract themselves from the emptiness of their own lives: "Look at those rich people, their lives are so empty! They are so tasteless and they don't understand what really matters." Little do they know that rich people are distracting themselves from the emptiness of their lives by building this kind of stuff in the first place.
Me personally, I find it hard to criticize people who are building things. I wonder what the thousands of people who built these buildings think of them. I'm all ears if someone wants to make a serious case about what should have been built here instead and who should have paid for it. But this isn't that.
> I'm all ears if someone wants to make a serious case about what should have been built here instead and who should have paid for it.
One of her main points is that this discussion should have been had before The Vessel was constructed. The article as a whole is more of a criticism of the whole system that spawned it than of the construction itself.
I think the two main motivators of this behavior are 1. jealousy and 2. a way for middle class people to distract themselves from the emptiness of their own lives: "Look at those rich people, their lives are so empty! They are so tasteless and they don't understand what really matters." Little do they know that rich people are distracting themselves from the emptiness of their lives by building this kind of stuff in the first place.
Me personally, I find it hard to criticize people who are building things. I wonder what the thousands of people who built these buildings think of them. I'm all ears if someone wants to make a serious case about what should have been built here instead and who should have paid for it. But this isn't that.