Post by account_disabled on Mar 15, 2024 23:18:46 GMT -5
For more than two decades, the Madrid oligarchy dreamed of making Francis Fukuyama's utopia a reality: the end of history. And for a time he achieved glory: he privatized everything, or almost everything, he reorganized society by expelling the least productive, he created a Madrid for rich and prosperous super-executives, he built residential districts and cities for groups of lucky people, and he put the institutions at his disposal. service. Everything else was collateral damage: inequality, poverty, the low quality of public services that there was no choice but to maintain. The south and the east. That exclusive lucky group smiled at the future, convinced that nothing and no one could ever take away the fruits of their success. He legitimized her privilege in the name of freedom and condemned the majority by blaming them for apathy, laziness or negligence in the governance of their own lives. He subjugated culture in the name of the market. He subdued the citizenry in the name of efficiency. He subdued health in the name of economics.
He called it governance He created two cities: one for skyscrapers and another for luxury tourism. The rest was not the city itself, but suburbs, neighborhoods outside the walls. There were districts that multiplied the income of others by four. AOL Email List Built or designed towers for offices and business schools: Torre Caleido, Torre Adequa, Torre Chamartín, Oxxeo, Arqbórea, new constructions to house companies in Las Tablas. He restored or rebuilt large buildings and expanded others: the old Clesa factory, Torres de Colón, remodeling of AZCA, expansion of IFEMA. He approved pharaonic projects, such as Madrid Nuevo Norte and Paseo de la Direction. And billions of euros were spent on it. Public and private.
He didn't see the difference. He made or promoted multi-million dollar investments in luxury hotels, luxury museums, luxury sports stadiums: the largest and most luxurious hotel, in the Plaza de Canalejas; although also large and luxurious hotels in Gran Vía, Plaza de las Descalzas, Plaza de España, Castellana, Atocha, Plaza Mayor...; he built the Museum of Royal Collections, expanded the Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum and the Sorolla Museum; promoted the comprehensive renovation of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. And billions of euros were also spent on this. Public and private. He never saw the difference. A pandemic came and built a pandemic hospital.
He called it governance He created two cities: one for skyscrapers and another for luxury tourism. The rest was not the city itself, but suburbs, neighborhoods outside the walls. There were districts that multiplied the income of others by four. AOL Email List Built or designed towers for offices and business schools: Torre Caleido, Torre Adequa, Torre Chamartín, Oxxeo, Arqbórea, new constructions to house companies in Las Tablas. He restored or rebuilt large buildings and expanded others: the old Clesa factory, Torres de Colón, remodeling of AZCA, expansion of IFEMA. He approved pharaonic projects, such as Madrid Nuevo Norte and Paseo de la Direction. And billions of euros were spent on it. Public and private.
He didn't see the difference. He made or promoted multi-million dollar investments in luxury hotels, luxury museums, luxury sports stadiums: the largest and most luxurious hotel, in the Plaza de Canalejas; although also large and luxurious hotels in Gran Vía, Plaza de las Descalzas, Plaza de España, Castellana, Atocha, Plaza Mayor...; he built the Museum of Royal Collections, expanded the Reina Sofía National Art Center Museum and the Sorolla Museum; promoted the comprehensive renovation of the Santiago Bernabeu stadium. And billions of euros were also spent on this. Public and private. He never saw the difference. A pandemic came and built a pandemic hospital.