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Originally Posted by 81MC
Maybe I’m not understanding what you’re getting at. Christ the Redeemer? Or like the entirety of Christian monuments all over Latin America? Direct result of Spanish colonizers. The huge ass Ghengis Khan monument in Mongolia? One of the most brutal conquerors in history? Doesn’t Belgium still have Leopoldo II statutes around and the famous RMCA doesn’t even touch on the atrocities in the Congo? Japans Rising Sun flag represents imperialist atrocities to millions, yet pretty sure it was seen at the Tokyo olympics. Barbary states have statutes monuments to their pirates who killed and enslaved thousands.
We’re still a commonwealth country, not even two centuries removed from the last colonizer/indigenous battle. Fact is if it wasn’t Britain, it would have been France, or Spain, or eventually America, or possible even the Dutch who had seized power. What would your propose our national police force look like?
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Nope you're not getting it.
It'd be like a civilization on naboo, 200 years after the fall of the empire, parading around storm troopers as their peace keeping force.
It's symbolism; it was originally the symbol of imperial authority over the rabble of the colonies. Now it is just some good ol fashioned canadiana, that used to be the symbol of imperial authority over us rabble.
Does Mexico have a federal police force that romps around in conquistador outfits?
Does vietnam have a federal police force that dresses in imperial blue with the feather hats?
The closest comparison I can think of is the american south towns who dress up in rebel garb to reneact famous civil war battles, but even that is a far cry from dressing our actual federal police force in this attire. The FBI don't run around in ceremonial union soldier uniforms.
None of the examples you gave are instances where the state is perpetuating the use of a potentially troubling symbol for enforcement. I could systematically pick them apart, but I think you can see that they're not the same. If we just had a statue, or a painting of mounties that's one thing. But you could actually be arrested by a moron in a felt hat and a big red jacket on horseback.