Brutalist Chinoiserie in Calabria
Along the Tyrrhenian coast on the gulf of Policastro you’ll find the fading legacy of a chain of dilapidated holiday homes. The unifying aesthetics are ornate green lanterns and “brutalist chinoiserie”. The look can’t have come cheap - but they are all falling apart now. (Buildings in the photos are in Praia a Mare and Tortora).
Over the decades I’ve been taking the train south from Napoli Centrale, the station has got busier and busier. And like other European cities, the growth in the number of homeless people living around the station is shocking.
I accidentally one-click bought some climate denialist garbage on Amazon by swiping too hard. I hesitated for a second before returning. Perhaps I should consider alternative viewpoints. I didn’t want to give the crank any money, though. Have I just cancelled?
Mitigating the risk of extinction from an out of touch and amoral billionaire class should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.
Your occasional guide to understanding the right:
- Classical Liberal = over-credentialed incel reactionary.
- Free Speech Absolutist = loves sound of own voice. In a sexual way.
- Contrarian = broken down boomer journalist desperate for clicks.