Note: This post was recovered from the Sh.org archive.Username: KorbenDallasDate: 2018-07-14 06:09:26Reaction Score: 18
I think we somewhat know the answer, but it is too hard to admit it, and it sounds way too nutts.
For the volume of architecture existing in the 19th century there had to be a comparable numbers of construction personnel. And unless every existing person was a construction worker, and they went around the world building things non stop, it is impossible to have all those structures built. If we compare it to the setup of our today’s society, it’s fairly easy to see that we have other professions as well.
And if we look at the suggested history, it says that the 19th century was nothing but wars, and the Industrial Revolution. Than who was building, if everyone was inventing and fighting?
NOTE: Catch 22. The world population in 1900 was 1.6 billion. But...
- Europe - 291 mln
- North America - 106 mln
- Asia - 937 mln
- Africa - 120 mln
- Russia - 111 mln
- South America - 38 mln
- Oceania - 6 mln
Estimated world population, 1800 - 1950
Conclusion: 397 millions of Europeans and Americans had to build all this:
Similar style buildings are all over the world. Were they built by our civilization? As well as conquer the colonies and do the Industrial Revolution.
Now, if we break these 397 millions into men, women, children and elderly people, we end up with approximately 1/3rd of that number. That is, for a second, 133 millions of people.
US population in 2016 was 323 millions. If we draw necessary parallels, the conclusion would be that there were approximately 3-4 millions of construction workers worldwide to build all that Richardsonian Romanesque architechture.
Is this possible? I do not think so.
Who built all that?
I think we are looking at a very grim reality here. There were multiple billions of people back then to achieve all that. But where did they all go?