Many statues of famous historical figures are now controversial, because those figures may have behaved badly by today’s standards.
Today’s invention gives people back some control of whose statues appear in their cities.
Imagine a statue on a plinth of variable height.
People can express approval or disapproval by eg typing in their email address at one of a number of terminals in a town square.
The statue plinth is mounted on a hydraulic cylinder whose height increases with the number of supportive entries made.
Similarly, if a statue’s popularity falls below a certain threshold, it will withdraw below street level and be replaced by the statue of somebody else on a list.
