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The Death Of Industrial Design And The Era Of Dull Electronics (hackaday.com)
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[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 5 days ago (3 children)

except at least the commie blocks were affordable lol

"cheap to build" meant "cheap to rent", not "our housing company is making record-breaking profits! πŸ˜ƒ"

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

There were not "affordable", they were allocated. One could somehow improve the chance of being "given" that via connections.

And if you changed a workplace, it could be taken back. It wasn't yours.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

the apt i live in isnt mine either. plus i have to pay to live on it.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world -3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

OK. Suppose so.

I've just been reminded that in the wonderful 70s people felt a bit similarly suppressed and the future dim as compared to 60s as we do now as compared to 00s.

Nothing is new.

What is important, though, is that nothing existing has been given to us be benevolent or harsh, kind or cruel gods. It has all been built by people just like us.

To dream and to work are the most important parts.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Been reading Vonnegut again and it's astonishing how he's calling out the exact same societal ills we have today. Only thing he missed was global warming and that's because many in the 70s thought we were headed for an ice age.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Disco Elysium is a more recent look.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Blame minimum parking requirements. An 800 ft^2^ 2-bedroom apartment is really 1200 ft^2^, when the zoning code requires one parking space per bedroom.

[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

It’s funny to think that when everything is made more cheap, the more they cost.