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Potemkin Village

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Reference to creating false illusions of success, used to describe how developing world institutions create mini facades that everyone knows are bullshit

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"Leadership has no problem regularly sacrificing hundreds of man hours for photo ops to create the illusion that their otherwise sparsely attended conference/ workshop/ convention was a resounding success. The chief overarching goal of work seems to be creating mini Potemkin villages that everyone kn"
The most depressing realization I've had about the developing world · u/aTrueAmericanHero · ↑323 · 2023-11-28
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