“My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.” (youtube.com)
I will not tire of Petrostate Project updates. Here’s another video by the same guy on their ill-fated “Line in the Desert” project.
Its trailer is worth a watch and is one of those “Do people actually fall for this shit?” kinda things.
There’s also a failed Economic City and a Bridge Hotel. There are several more. They appear to be adopting a spray-and-pray strategy with the trillions they have.
I will admit to being just a bit sour at not being able to enrich myself (and retire early) by bullshitting smug multi-billionaires as thoroughly as the architects and consultants1 who conceived of these impractical, wasteful, and hilariously gauche unnecessities. Like I wish I could’ve worked on that Bridge Hotel to regale people with how I literally sold a bridge to someone. And imagine being a rich architect whose shitty buildings only exist on your laptop (and mercifully so).
And graphic designers, and video producers, and model makers, and voiceover artists, and…↩︎