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or to put a different way:

if you think AMERICA FUCK YEAH

it's not a green lady holding a torch, it's an eagle, a flag, maybe some guns, and if there's any structure it's the White House.

America became the symbol of power post cold war so you can say it's the seat of leadership but said seat is "leader of the free world" and "most powerful country in the world." so any movie talking of destroying or invading America will need to destroy the White House; any spy movie that talks about America security will need to talk about and/or include the White House; any movie or show about leaders of the world will need to feature the White House - especially something like West Wing which literally takes place in it. then you get into jokes and parodies (e.g., South Park) and those all will again be the White House. especially post Trump for that aspect. we can also go a step further into real world scandals where it's regularly been brought up between Clinton, Bush/Chaney, and Trump.

you just don't get that with the Statue of Liberty. you'll get shots of it or its destruction (especially if you need to destroy NYC for some reason or another) but it's more in passing and a much smaller deal than the capital being destroyed or brought up in shots. i don't see it as often or as relevant in most of what's consumed and for better or worse it's a consumer heavy world.