guccicommunism [she/her] to askchapo • 3 years agoIf you could demolish one statue/monument/building what would it be and why?message-squaremessage-square48 fedilinkarrow-up120
arrow-up120message-squareIf you could demolish one statue/monument/building what would it be and why?guccicommunism [she/her] to askchapo • 3 years agomessage-square48 Commentsfedilink
minus-squarealcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]hexbear10·edit-23 years agoInstead of demolishing, can we give the obelisk in Central Park back to Egypt? As long as it stands in NYC, it's a monument to imperialism. link
minus-squareguccicommunism [she/her]hexagonhexbear1·3 years agoBut if you can only do one, wouldn't something more meaningful be chosen? link
minus-squarealcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]hexbear5·edit-23 years agoThe way the American cultural project has turned this 3500 year old cultural artifact into a formless pitted stone 99% of locals are unaware of in just a century is plenty meaningful. link
minus-squareguccicommunism [she/her]hexagonhexbear2·3 years agoDidn't the UK steal a lot more Egyptian artifacts than the US, hell weren't the French the ones to start it? link
Instead of demolishing, can we give the obelisk in Central Park back to Egypt?
As long as it stands in NYC, it's a monument to imperialism.
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But if you can only do one, wouldn't something more meaningful be chosen?
The way the American cultural project has turned this 3500 year old cultural artifact into a formless pitted stone 99% of locals are unaware of in just a century is plenty meaningful.
Didn't the UK steal a lot more Egyptian artifacts than the US, hell weren't the French the ones to start it?