>>1916261>Which is why I mentioned Soviet shit, you expect a country with priorities in everything but aesthetics to have ugly shit, but then they turn out fine.The USSR actually put a lot of emphasis on pomp and show in order to cover over its crippling economic and social problems. Virtually all totalitarian states do this to some degree or another but it was especially true in the Soviet Union and its spin-offs like North Korea and the PRC. Maintaining the image of strength and power becomes more important than strength itself.
