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A reminder of why it is stupid for governments to name things after people. It costs $1 million to change the signage to that person’s name. Then another million to change it back when you later decide that person is problematic.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

It costs $1 million to change the signage to that person’s name. Then another million to change it back when you later decide that person is problematic.

It's wild you think it's a flat rate....

But yeah, shouldn't name streets after someone till they're long gone and there's no more skeletons in their closet

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The lesson here is that nobody is all good or all bad, we're all both

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I’ll try to remember that the next time we have to change the signage on something named after a civil war Confederate.

[–] Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 weeks ago

Someone's getting paid.