Because I like to talk about my design process when I make things, and if I ever did something inspired by the Cathedral of Light, I'd have to be really careful about how described the idea. Most people compartmentalize well enough to see the Coliseum as a relic of its time. Most people do not compartmentalize well enough to see the Nazis and everything about them as anything other than the greatest symbol of evil that humanity has produced.
Today's post, Politics and Awful Art was originally published on 20 December 2007. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):
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