India builds world’s tallest statue for $420 million
For calibration:
India’s budget Mars mission cost $73 million
India’s education budget is about $11 billion (or ~25x this statue) if I did my conversion math correctly.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Unity …
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the general underwhelmingness of this overwhelming statue does feel like an oddly appropriate monument for contemporary india
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societal underwhelmedness (?) in response to objectively should-be-overwhelming events describes the present """moment""", in most countries but especially those with ascendant right-wing governments, to a T
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