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Yeah. The safety of the message is underwritten by its state sanction.
by _hark 5mo ago
Yeah. The safety of the message is underwritten by its state sanction.
- monooso 5mo agoIn what way is this statue state sanctioned?
- declan_roberts 5mo agoIt's on display in downtown London dude. Also who do you think paid for it?
- monooso 5mo agoIt was erected surreptitiously in the dead of night. That does not imply state approval. As for who paid for it, I don't know, possibly the extremely successful and wealthy artist who created it. If you have any evidence to the contrary, by all means present it.
- gib444 5mo agoIt not being taken down yet implies state approval (4 days now?). It's on Pall Mall ffs, right near a statue of a King It's not like the wealthiest city in the UK is lacking in resources to do something about it.
- Shocka1 5mo agoAnecdote, a close family member of mine is a director of arts for a very large city in the US. They typically install/uninstall at night - she's told me this is especially important with cultural or otherwise edgy pieces.
- tim333 5mo agoIt's not government funded or planned. Although the establishment seems to like it unlike that one on the law courts.
- like_any_other 5mo agoIn addition to the other explanations (it's in the heart of London and not being removed), it's also advancing the government position of deconstructing national identity (for Britons): https://britainmagazine.co.uk/diversity-built-britain-50p/ https://britainmagazine.co.uk/diversity-built-britain-50p/