Solche Ereignisse verstärken die Tendenz moderner politischer Regimes, ob Diktaturen oder Demokratien, sich in monumentalen Bauprojekten – gigantischen neuen Stadien, enormen Einkaufszentren, riesigen Konferenzhallen – zu ergehen, die manchmal notwendig sind, oft aber auch nicht.
Such events reinforce the tendency of modern political regimes, dictatorships as well as democracies, to measure themselves in monumental building projects – giant new stadiums, gargantuan shopping malls, huge conference halls – which are sometimes needed, but often are not.