: Society often waits for those on pedestals to fail so they can be "knocked off," a process that is often more about the observer's sense of power than the idol's actual character.
: To look up at a pedestal, one must adopt a position of inferiority, which often fuels submissiveness or resentment in the observer. pedestal
A pedestal functions as a physical and symbolic "vehicle of distance". By raising an object or person above the common ground, we remove them from the messy, lived experience of humanity. : Society often waits for those on pedestals