WK2 DEPOLITIZATION
To depoliticize means to rob something of it's political affiliations. I this article we learn about how these monuments have been depoliticized.
The monuments were built to commemorate all the lives lost in the Second World War, but people seem to le no longer have forgotten their meaning and intent and use them for something completely different. People no longer see the message but use them for their personal profit, being used as "jewelry" amd as a background picture to some products.
I agree with the author and believe this to be incredibly disrespectful to multiple people. Firstly the people who laid down their lives during the war and their grieving families. Secondly to the artist who put their hard work into this to make something worthy of the aforementioned people. And lastly to society itself, which is built on principles that do not adhere to this type of behavior.
Unfortunately this does not come as a surprise. We live in an age of hyper-capitalism, in which chasing profit is the only way to stay alive. This type of system incentivizes behavior that is sometimes deemed disrespectful. But on the other hand, nobody is truly willing to give up their Big Macs and Coca Colas in order to have a more respectful world.
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