[tbrownaw]

> there is no doubt on the meaning at all

Which flag? Or, what kind of flag? Or does it matter?

[kergonath]

It does not matter. Any ideology can be followed blindly to one’s ruin. Nationalism is common, but there are others.

[MattGaiser]

Flags overwhelmingly represent nations, groups considering themselves nations, that were nations or have some kind of individual governmental status.

If you asked 100 people to imagine a particular flag to attach to that statue, 95% of them are going to be current, unrecognized, or former states.

[indy]

"The LGBTQIA flag obviously"

"It's clearly the national flag"

[actionfromafar]

Yes?

[ChoGGi]

Whatever flag binds/blinds you.

[kelnos]

Or, on the other side of it, you can imagine it's the flag of some group you dislike, one you think is full of ideologues.

[Ancapistani]

I’d say what matters is whether it matters to you. What difference does it make in the outcome?

[blitzar]

the kind that flag shaggers shag

[Findecanor]

Why could it not mean multiple flags at once?

[wartywhoa23]

It is universal. The flag, the state, the man. Details don't matter.

[ignoramous]

In the context of UK politics, and given Banksy's previous socio-political work, this statue is probably a response to 'the nationalists': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Raise_the_Colours

[21asdffdsa12]

Which are not very nationalists nowadays. Its mostly "we want to keep western values and culture".. which now is high treason i guess..

[notahacker]

It's mostly about dismissing most of modern Western culture as "woke nonsense" whilst demonstrating fealty to the idea of it by showing they hate foreign cultures even more...