sj_zero on Nostr: 10 of 17. Reverse-potemkin villages Potemkin villages refer a story about Grigory ...
10 of 17. Reverse-potemkin villages
Potemkin villages refer a story about Grigory Potemkin, a Russian official who, in the 18th century, supposedly constructed fake prosperous villages along a route to impress Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea.
It's a term typically used to describe making things look better than they are by having a small piece that looks really good to demonstrate how great things are going.
In reality, around the world but particularly in a shocking number of cities in the US, there are growing tent cities -- reverse potemkin villages standing as monuments not to how great the US is doing, but how terribly it is doing. You can't handwave that away, but the media will try.
Potemkin villages refer a story about Grigory Potemkin, a Russian official who, in the 18th century, supposedly constructed fake prosperous villages along a route to impress Empress Catherine II during her visit to Crimea.
It's a term typically used to describe making things look better than they are by having a small piece that looks really good to demonstrate how great things are going.
In reality, around the world but particularly in a shocking number of cities in the US, there are growing tent cities -- reverse potemkin villages standing as monuments not to how great the US is doing, but how terribly it is doing. You can't handwave that away, but the media will try.