What happened to Rome? 



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It survived another five hundred years longer than America has existed, while also expanding into and conquering Asia, where it rebranded and lingered another thousand years. Also these days, it's home to a major European nation and the center of the worldwide Catholic church.
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Brutalist architecture is designed to crush the human spirit
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opus caementicium.
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Even modern-day Rome is still much better than any modern city in the US, because skyscrapers are forbidden from being built there, to preserve the historic feel of the city.
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Indeed, and although "inspire" may not be the word in this instance, look too at the HQs of Chinese SOEs in Beijing. Vast forbidding edifices that radiate a sense of power and authority.
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That's why the Fascists were so obsessed with the big public works. They wanted things people could look at and go "We did that."
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