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		gjsman-1000 on Dec 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A medieval Gothic monastery built using CAD / CAM Brutalism and socialism are so intertwined, it’s like saying women and people aren’t the same thing. Technically true but it’s still a stupid point.

jona-f on Dec 3, 2023 [–]

Most brutalists might have been into socialism but definitely not most socialists are into brutalism. So blaming socialists for the failures of brutalism is logically wrong.

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