1st Watched || 1st Liked Another phenomenal video, with great facts, visuals, descriptions, etc. I am always looking forward to your channel's new content. Best Regards, STEPHEN W. Kelowna BC 🇨🇦
20:29 I was a mechanic on Draglines for a number of years. Nothing that big. The ones I worked on were like babies compared to that one. LOL.😅 They used 10 to 15 yard buckets. You could fit a pick-up into one. I sure don't miss them, though. A lot of heavy work. I can just imagine the work on that big monster. 😳
The disintegration of structures tied to specific political and economic ideals is perhaps the most striking of all. Take the Bulud Zeta Monument in Bulgaria, a colossal structure built to celebrate the communist ideology, now a decaying testament to the failure of the very system that birthed it. Similarly, the Balaclava Submarine Base, an enormous underground facility designed to house Soviet submarines, now serves as a museum - a relic of Cold War paranoia. These structures were once a direct reflection of political power, ambition, and national identity. However, once those ideologies faded into history, so too did the relevance of these buildings. It makes you think: How often do we build things with an eye toward legacy, only to watch them become outdated as ideologies shift or societies evolve? These abandoned monuments are more than just physical structures; they are the remnants of changing political landscapes. What happens to a society when the grand ideas it was built on no longer serve the future?
They evolve, like the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest. Massive Versailles-esque structure forcibly built by political prisoners of Caucescu to honor the glory of communism and himself. Now houses Romania's democratic government. And, come to think of it, Versailles itself! And any other royal palace once inhabited by defunct or irrelevant monarchies.
@@Hollyberrystreats Exactly! It’s fascinating how these structures, originally symbols of absolute power or ideology, can be repurposed to fit new narratives. The Palace of the Parliament is a great example-built as a tribute to authoritarian rule, but now home to a democratic government. It’s almost like these buildings carry a dual legacy: one rooted in their original purpose and another shaped by how society chooses to reframe them. I wonder if we’re seeing the start of a new trend where more of these spaces, especially from ideologically charged backgrounds, get “recycled” into something useful or meaningful for modern times. It really begs the question of how much the physical remnants of an era influence how we view its history. What do you think?
Actually last i read on MX1 it was still in debate and is slated to be fully removed because the laws require the full and complete removal of the oil platforms there afterthey are no longer in use. and no fool it is not in the north sea lol
Big Musky could have built the pyramids. It's so annoying when people say "we can't figure out how to do it even with modern machinery!" I guess they never took some of these "old" machines into acct.
00:33 Can you feel the eerie chill as we stand before this colossal powerhouse of Belgium's past? Abandoned and silent, Power Plant IM’s looming towers no longer emit steam... but perhaps something far stranger lingers. Could these stone behemoths be holding secrets from a forgotten era?
Hey.. wait a minute. I'm enjoying the video but about the James Bond or He Man villain "Skeletor's" Snake Mountain islands with submarine bases, I thought every country with subs had one or more. That's no surprise. It should be a given. If you have tech to built war subs, I'd be inclined to say they probably thought ahead where they would be hidden. And costing a lot to make, keeping them hidden or out of sight should be a top priority.
It’s so obvious at least seemingly the individual who read the script that he was given had no idea what he was talking about. Nothing more can run Clifton reminders of that all throughout the clip psych your mom walking in when you’re getting along with your girlfriend that is not the prettiest
They all served a purpose. Just because they now don't doesn't mean they were a waste. That is like saying just because we all die, we are a waste when we are alive.
@@ASMR-Arboretum if people took the time to reflect on what they are doing and the outcomes of what they want to do. It all could have been avoided, and other solutions could have been found...
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Peru and the North Sea are nearly antipodal! Hello, Geography Class?
Great content with good explanation
Your energy is contagious! Loved this video.
1st Watched || 1st Liked
Another phenomenal video, with great facts, visuals, descriptions, etc.
I am always looking forward to your channel's new content.
Best Regards,
STEPHEN W.
Kelowna BC 🇨🇦
20:29 I was a mechanic on Draglines for a number of years. Nothing that big. The ones I worked on were like babies compared to that one. LOL.😅 They used 10 to 15 yard buckets. You could fit a pick-up into one. I sure don't miss them, though. A lot of heavy work. I can just imagine the work on that big monster. 😳
The disintegration of structures tied to specific political and economic ideals is perhaps the most striking of all. Take the Bulud Zeta Monument in Bulgaria, a colossal structure built to celebrate the communist ideology, now a decaying testament to the failure of the very system that birthed it. Similarly, the Balaclava Submarine Base, an enormous underground facility designed to house Soviet submarines, now serves as a museum - a relic of Cold War paranoia. These structures were once a direct reflection of political power, ambition, and national identity. However, once those ideologies faded into history, so too did the relevance of these buildings. It makes you think: How often do we build things with an eye toward legacy, only to watch them become outdated as ideologies shift or societies evolve? These abandoned monuments are more than just physical structures; they are the remnants of changing political landscapes. What happens to a society when the grand ideas it was built on no longer serve the future?
They evolve, like the Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest. Massive Versailles-esque structure forcibly built by political prisoners of Caucescu to honor the glory of communism and himself. Now houses Romania's democratic government.
And, come to think of it, Versailles itself! And any other royal palace once inhabited by defunct or irrelevant monarchies.
@@Hollyberrystreats Exactly! It’s fascinating how these structures, originally symbols of absolute power or ideology, can be repurposed to fit new narratives. The Palace of the Parliament is a great example-built as a tribute to authoritarian rule, but now home to a democratic government. It’s almost like these buildings carry a dual legacy: one rooted in their original purpose and another shaped by how society chooses to reframe them. I wonder if we’re seeing the start of a new trend where more of these spaces, especially from ideologically charged backgrounds, get “recycled” into something useful or meaningful for modern times. It really begs the question of how much the physical remnants of an era influence how we view its history. What do you think?
Mar de Grau is by Peru not the North Sea unless Peru and Denmark somehow switched places
...thank you...
time stamp 24:00. This earned the like.
Actually last i read on MX1 it was still in debate and is slated to be fully removed because the laws require the full and complete removal of the oil platforms there afterthey are no longer in use. and no fool it is not in the north sea lol
Big Musky could have built the pyramids. It's so annoying when people say "we can't figure out how to do it even with modern machinery!" I guess they never took some of these "old" machines into acct.
lol. Uh…. Just because it’s huge doesn’t mean it could have been used for something as intricate as the pyramids my dude
24:59 'What do we do with this massive thing we put slightly above the ocean' 'Give it to the ocean!'
00:33 Can you feel the eerie chill as we stand before this colossal powerhouse of Belgium's past? Abandoned and silent, Power Plant IM’s looming towers no longer emit steam... but perhaps something far stranger lingers. Could these stone behemoths be holding secrets from a forgotten era?
4:32 Been in NC my entire life and have never once heard about this.
i don't care how old, or what they were, the only word for this, is responsibility , get rid ot these eye sores
14:51 Why did the plane crash here? Is it scrap metal?
Again Ukraine shows up in the most interesting peaces of in fonation of having the most sophisticated sub marine base ever built by russia
Ok some of these are good but come on where is the Astrodome. That thing is huge.
Last one appears in Jason Statham movie
Number one. What concrete dome? All that's there is steel beams. Doesn't look like it ever had concrete on it!
❤cool
Wow that bad boy burned and churned for years like a coal eating monster
Hey.. wait a minute. I'm enjoying the video but about the James Bond or He Man villain "Skeletor's" Snake Mountain islands with submarine bases, I thought every country with subs had one or more. That's no surprise. It should be a given. If you have tech to built war subs, I'd be inclined to say they probably thought ahead where they would be hidden. And costing a lot to make, keeping them hidden or out of sight should be a top priority.
And I’m sure the observatory wasn’t at all used to jam and listen in on America
Quinlan looks like a prison. Not pretty. was it ever occupied or just never finished?
New da branks, not branches.
It’s so obvious at least seemingly the individual who read the script that he was given had no idea what he was talking about 🤔
Why?
It’s so obvious at least seemingly the individual who read the script that he was given had no idea what he was talking about. Nothing more can run Clifton reminders of that all throughout the clip psych your mom walking in when you’re getting along with your girlfriend that is not the prettiest
What?
How is Peru next to the North Sea??? This channel is full of cheaply made content.
Maps!! Who needs them
Efforts, time and space wasted...
They all served a purpose. Just because they now don't doesn't mean they were a waste. That is like saying just because we all die, we are a waste when we are alive.
@@ASMR-Arboretum if people took the time to reflect on what they are doing and the outcomes of what they want to do. It all could have been avoided, and other solutions could have been found...
Greed's a b1tch