The Old World had this technology centuries ago and were able to do all sorts of amazing feats with it. Now we flatten the roofs this technology used to be on and require the residents to have radiators and window AC units with hideous wires running all over the brick facade. We also burn church domes and steeples, remove the bells, and then are supposed to be excited about the lizard people giving us back the technology our ancestors already possessed.
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