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minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up97·24 天前I expected them to cut it out of the wall and sell it to the highest bidder. Would fit the british colonial style.
minus-squareEch@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up92·24 天前That’s for when it’s “art”. When the message goes against the mandated mission, they call it “vandalism”.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up17·24 天前Seeing african tribes as barbarians didnt stop the british from stealing their art tho.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up26·24 天前That’s because it didn’t violate the narrative. And stealing it enforced theirs.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·24 天前I guess that does make sense yeah.
minus-squarealcibiades@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 天前The mere existence of African tribes “violates” a colonial, western mindset. It is the scary unknown that they seek to control and classify.
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·24 天前They’ve always called Banksey Banksy a vandal.
I expected them to cut it out of the wall and sell it to the highest bidder. Would fit the british colonial style.
That’s for when it’s “art”. When the message goes against the mandated mission, they call it “vandalism”.
Seeing african tribes as barbarians didnt stop the british from stealing their art tho.
That’s because it didn’t violate the narrative. And stealing it enforced theirs.
I guess that does make sense yeah.
The mere existence of African tribes “violates” a colonial, western mindset. It is the scary unknown that they seek to control and classify.
They’ve always called
BankseyBanksy a vandal.