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Re:Plans for a new city in the American desert by boomboomsubban on Monday September 06, 2021 @06:28PM (#28438825)
Private people can't be powerful, bright, and respected? Plus their example was Brasilia, not a private initiative either.

>They were the will of powerful, bright and respected people.

Not the first adjectives I'd use to describe imperialists, colonialists and warlords personally.

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Re:Plans for a new city in the American desert by IdontRememberIt on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @06:35PM (#28463895)
The "fathers" of Dubai, Singapore, etc are highly respected and loved by the locals. Of course there are counter-exemples.
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