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dpedu | karma 1201 | avg karma 2.82 · 2021-10-12 15:04:06

I suspect this number is inflated for the purpose of showing off the kingdom's or the religion's wealth and power.

ganzuul | karma 1358 | avg karma 0.91 · 2021-10-12 16:51:54

To me and I assume most Westerners it looks like an egregious excess while poverty is rampant. At least space projects produce trickle-down technology, but this is just busy-work.

arthurcolle | karma 4570 | avg karma 1.62 · 2021-10-12 21:35:04

It's literally a building, nothing justifies that cost... where are the death ray lasers? Where is the re-atomizer? Makes no sense, the figure must be wrong

imtringued | karma 11098 | avg karma 0.8 · 2021-10-13 02:50:19

Busy work feeds people.

ganzuul | karma 1358 | avg karma 0.91 · 2021-10-13 05:46:39

So does farming.

willcipriano | karma 10565 | avg karma 2.61 · 2021-10-13 09:53:03

Farming jobs provide poverty like lifestyles, building jobs provide relatively middle class lifestyles. You need both to keep a modern society going.

ganzuul | karma 1358 | avg karma 0.91 · 2021-10-14 00:16:03

You can't eat a building.