Pyramids of Egypt and The Dubai tower

Developers of a 1,680-foot (512 meters) skyscraper still under construction in oil-rich Dubai has claimed that it has become the world's tallest building, surpassing Taiwan's Taipei 101 which has dominated the global skyline at 1,667 feet (508 meters) since 2004.
The Burj Dubai is expected to be finished by the end of 2008 and its planned final height has been kept secret. The state-owned development company Emaar Properties, one of the main builders in rapidly developing Dubai, said only that the tower would stop somewhere above 2,275 feet.

THE SAD PART
The architects and engineers are American and the main building contractor is South Korean.
Most of the 4,000 laborers are Indian. They toil around the clock in Dubai's sizzling summer with no set minimum wage. Human rights groups regularly protest against labor abuse in Dubai, but local media rarely report such complaints
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Comments: Maybe one day the Dubai Tower will be compared to the pyramids of Egypt where everyone will marvel at its creator but no one will remember the laborers who worked there day and night just for the satisfaction of their masters.
To the rulers: you can create any number of masterpieces you want but at the end you will only be remembered for your deeds. On the day of judgement you will not be asked about your monuments and the empires rather you will be questioned what you did for the people