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Would YOU destroy the false idol of broken promises (colloquially known as "the Statue of Liberty") or keep it? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by 2000watts@lemmygrad.ml to c/genzedong@lemmygrad.ml

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Vera Mukhina, THE sculptor behind the worker and kolkhoz woman sculpture, would've probably convinced people to keep it purely for artistic value. She allegedly did it with the "Freedom monument" in Latvia, but the Latvian "Freedom" statue is so ugly I wouldn't have listened.

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[–] Malkhodr@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 week ago

Personally although I don't hold an attachment to it, getting rid of it is more trouble then it's worth.

Even if a revolution happens in the US, that doesn't mean the people as a whole are commited ideological socialists. They will largely be politically unaware but supportive of the new revolutionary government, however that doesn't mean they won't have any affection for old symbols. Removing lady liberty doesn't really help the new revolutionary leadership, and could end up Sparking unnecessary reaction in a likely turbulent time.

It's not as if the Bolshevik's defaced the famous cathedrals of Moscow and one of the CPCs critiques if the chinese cultural revolution is the destruction of historical artifacts important to Chinese identity.

Now, US memorabilia is different due to its settler colonial nature, however I'd imagine later generations would probably choose to recontexualize it or remove it. I've no issue either way, and personally I'd say it should be up to the indigenous communities that descended from the area.