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General Discussion => Unwashed Village => Topic started by: Doombot on August 07, 2007, 06:07:17 PM

Title: The Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World
Post by: Doombot on August 07, 2007, 06:07:17 PM

The Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World (http://www.esquire.com/print-this/7totalitarianwonders)

I trust when Loveshack becomes a supervillian he'll surpass this. I expect giant statues in every major city with laser beam eyes and a rotating head (Perfect for protests).

Title: Re: The Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World
Post by: BlueCross on August 07, 2007, 06:37:22 PM

(http://brookmeg.com/images/wfjpgs/large/mod10.jpg)

Title: Re: The Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World
Post by: Solwyn on August 07, 2007, 07:30:31 PM

must... crush... capitalism....

Title: Re: The Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World
Post by: Chucara on August 08, 2007, 10:56:43 AM

Bah.. When (if) I die, I will have a memorial like the Terra Cotta Warriors, only at 100 times the scale.

(http://www.texastwisted.com/attr/forbiddengardens/terra-cotta_army_enlarged.jpg)

Title: Re: The Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World
Post by: A.S.S.R. on August 09, 2007, 02:53:50 AM

Nice list - the North Korean monument was particularly...revolting.

I am somewhat surprised that the list didn't include the Stalinist era response to Deco skyscrapers (e.g. Moscow State University (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/52316532_b27574ec03_o.jpg) and Warsaw's Palace of Science and Culture (http://www.collegium.edu.pl/upload_editor/Image/english/photos/pkin.jpg)).

- A.S.S.R.

Title: Re: The Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World
Post by: Loveshack on August 15, 2007, 08:45:44 AM

Quote from: Doombot on August 07, 2007, 06:07:17 PM

The Seven Wonders of the Totalitarian World (http://www.esquire.com/print-this/7totalitarianwonders)

I trust when Loveshack becomes a supervillian he'll surpass this. I expect giant statues in every major city with laser beam eyes and a rotating head (Perfect for protests).

Yes, but unlike a lot of these countries, my subjects will love me.  I'll be a beloved leader like Dr. Doom is to the people of Latveria.  Plus I'll be better looking.  I'm imagining a statue like Bender's tomb on Futurama.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d9/Futurama_ep49.jpg/250px-Futurama_ep49.jpg)