Out of poverty, the workers raised themselves to the status of heroes. The construction of the Petronas Towers is a similar claim upon immortality. Construction on a monumental scale is intrinsic to the Promethean urge within the human psyche. The quest for greatness requires concrete displays of prowess and power. This is the medium though which majesty is recognised.
Skyscrapers are ziggurats and pyramids.
Their construction is an act of devotion. It is the recognition of grandeur. Monumental architecture expresses the dominant social conception of the self and any transformation in social self-perception necessitates the construction of new forms that claim the didactic content of past monuments in the name of a more glorious future. Consequently, Mahathir was not content with one Promethean tower. Two were required to achieve the recognition he desired.