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Totally the opposite, I'm glad to live in a place that has a modicum of culture. Once you give every artifact of culture away in the name of efficiency and 'no
by jariel 6y ago
Totally the opposite, I'm glad to live in a place that has a modicum of culture.
Once you give every artifact of culture away in the name of efficiency and 'not having to make a decision' ...
... then we'll have a Starbucks on every corner and they can issue the currency?
Technically in Canada it would be King Charles (if that's the name he takes) on one of the notes.
Canada also has on their notes a woman of colour who got into a minor verbal debate about 100 years ago about race as an example of 'social progress'?
Turing is a sleek choice for the notes, because he's gay it has woke points, but he did break the code and possibly enabled a tipping point that literally saved the world. Which is a thing that kind of deserves recognition ...
Edit: and of course there was his public shaming and subsequent post mortem redemption, which adds a major factor to his life drama. I think his legacy has the right mix of legitimacy and dramatic intrigue such that he will be one of the well remembered people when we look back several hundred years from now.
- sebmellen 6y agoI think it's hard to accuse Swiss banknotes of not "having a modicum of culture." I mean, have you seen them? They're gorgeous. Using Swiss cash was my favorite part of living in Switzerland aside from the gorgeous nature. Take a look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#Ninth_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#N....
- jariel 6y agoI'm not taking a swipe at the Swiss, and 'pretty currency' doesn't necessarily mean 'culture'. I'm saying that elevating people who have materially contributed to the nation, it's character and history is a positive cultural artefact and it's worth an occasional fuss.