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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
I gotta ask, how many people here have actively sought out more information about a statue in your home country?
I mean, I could see like on vacation in Europe and be like "who was this guy?" but you have to some sort of hyper-lameass to stop while powerwalking to the falafel place in downtown Victoria and go "huh, I know he was the first PM and he started the ball rolling on the murder and disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of people, but what else?" and then scroll on wikipedia while you scarf that pita.
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Conversely, nobody reads a plaque unless it's underneath a statue or they read about it beforehand and are making a pilgrimmage. If you want to teach people about Macdonald's legacy the statue is helpful to attract attention to whatever you want them to read.
I'm also going to say that given the state of Canada today, the father of Confederation is still a net positive.