Before anyone dismisses this as a one-sided attack on socialism through the language of architecture,

"[W]hy so many on the left are wedded to defending unpopular schools of architectural and urban design is less immediately obvious."

yet further down,

"Capitalism eats culture, and it makes ugly places. Money has no taste."

and,

"There is a widespread conception, reinforced by conservative classicists, that “beauty” is just a euphemism for European imperialist art."

It has strong words for both sides of the debate.