[usafa92]

This is something the Soviets would have done.

[Leaning Right]

> This is something the Soviets would have done. <

It’s something that empires in general do.

Don’t get me wrong. Monuments are important. The Lincoln Memorial and the Iwo Jima Memorial are two good examples of that. But I just can’t see this “triumphal arch” fitting into that category.

[Right_in_Virginia]

This is something the Soviets would have done.

Actually, the Soviets didn't build one --- but, NYC, Paris, Rome, St. Petersburg, London, Brussels, New Delhi, and Vientiane, Laos have.