Confederate monument melted down to create new, more inclusive public art
www.npr.org
A project in Charlottesville, Va. seeks to upend the narrative around the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the center of deadly white nationalist protests there in 2017.
  • nichos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    49·
    1 year ago

    The government (in any form, city, town, etc) shouldn’t erect statues or monuments.

    • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      I could support this, but then only private capital would erect monuments. And what would they erect monuments to, Elon Musk? Donald Trump?

      I like the idea of a representative, democracy, building statues and monuments supported by the will of constituents.

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        I mean they did build a gold statue of trump at CPAC, and “public dot com” and “$EGT crypto” both built statues of musk.

        people can make whatever art they want. If it’s truly popular it will last. The proof of the pudding and all that.