>>3918727 (OP)I think minimalism in a sense is like the corporate artstyle on many of these posters you will see in companies nowadays, it is a result of free fall capitalism and a natural conclusion to keep things most efficient. In a society where only money matters, of what use is a beautiful neo-classical building. Additionally, you also always have the communists wanting to tear down important buildings of western architecture, because it is colonialism or something.