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Why don't we have World's Fairs anymore

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why dont we still do them?
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we do, their called "international expeditions now"

there is one in 2017 in Kazakastan

their just not as important anymore because of the internet, ideas can easily travel around now
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We do

You're just not invited, OP
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Because everybody can just watch shit on youtube now
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>>2729727
Because people aren't optimistic about the future anymore.
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when was the last big fair?
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The establishment forgot what true progress is.
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>>2730145
Expo 86 desu
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There are world's fairs to this day
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>>2730173
There was one in 1967.
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>>2730177
He asked for the last big one.
>Vancouver will never be this comfy again
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>>2730182
oops
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>>2729727
internet

plus, every day of our god damned lives is a worlds fair with all this fucking tech
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>>2730173
>mfw i was there

memorieeees
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>>2730200
are you in that picture
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>>2729746

This. There's no need to physically travel around with your product when you can achieve exactly the same by setting up a Kickstarter account and making a few YouTube videos.
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>>2730173
>two mcdonalds right next to each other
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>>2730285
Two McDonalds signs, one location.
I'm pretty sure that McDonalds is still there.
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>>2729727
But we do
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American cities have been reluctant to field the cost burden of world's fairs.

they don't really bring money in, and budgets are tight as of late...
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>>2729727
Because modern art is more up to the user and the death of the upper class
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