---
title: "Falling Statues & Falling Elites"
author: "Chris Berg"
date: "2020-06-17"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/media/falling-statues-falling-elites/"
show: "The Looking Forward Podcast"
video: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_SP4UK8Kuc"
source: "https://ipalookingforward.podbean.com/e/episode-68-falling-statues-falling-elites/"
topics: "Culture and the arts"
---

# Falling Statues & Falling Elites

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The movement to tear down statues of historical figures and the past they represent has swept across continents.