This administration has zero ability to build or bring people together, able only to destroy what others have made. On the bright side, it isn't effective until December 31, 2026 so there is plenty of time to chicken out.
> UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, a globalist, ideological agenda for international development at odds with our America First foreign policy.
Ummm...what?
This is the kind of nonsense that makes me want to leave this country.
And it’s wild to think that more than 1/3 of the devs I’ve met in my life support this admin. These are seemingly smart people. The past 10 years or so made me realize I don’t know anything about human nature or intellect.
Edit: I am in no way saying conservatism is bad and liberalism is good. I have my values in both.
It is a common categorical error to assume that people good at math or complex electromechanical systems must also be good at ethics, morality, or philosophy.
We see a bodybuilder good at lifting things, or a bricklayer good at building houses, and we don't assume they also have an opinion on nicomachean ethics that should be entertained. Similar, usually, with entertainers. But we sometimes assume that someone really good at structuring database queries for optimal retrieval efficiency must respect the separation of labor from capital value or the challenges of providing for the needs of eight billion people because they are people.
I have to assume it's because we think that if you're good at one "labor of the mind" you must be good at the others (and, probably, because too few of us also have nearly enough respect for how much thought goes into making a wall that won't fall down).
Boring, been here before. UNESCO and world moved on. With some notable declarations like Demoscene and Techno music being added in a number of countries. Too bad those couldn't be added to a US registry also.
I really hope the next president will be able to undo this fucking mess... otherwise the US is probably never going to catch back up to what it used to be. Voters made a terrible mistake.
"UNESCO works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, a globalist, ideological agenda for international development at odds with our America First foreign policy. "
Throwing away our American First globalist capitalist ideological project for... clout?
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 65.6 ms ] threadSeems about right.
Ummm...what?
This is the kind of nonsense that makes me want to leave this country.
Coming up next: The United States wonders why it doesn't have allies anymore and why the rest of the world starts working around them.
Edit: I am in no way saying conservatism is bad and liberalism is good. I have my values in both.
We see a bodybuilder good at lifting things, or a bricklayer good at building houses, and we don't assume they also have an opinion on nicomachean ethics that should be entertained. Similar, usually, with entertainers. But we sometimes assume that someone really good at structuring database queries for optimal retrieval efficiency must respect the separation of labor from capital value or the challenges of providing for the needs of eight billion people because they are people.
I have to assume it's because we think that if you're good at one "labor of the mind" you must be good at the others (and, probably, because too few of us also have nearly enough respect for how much thought goes into making a wall that won't fall down).
https://2017-2021.state.gov/the-united-states-withdraws-from...
Boring, been here before. UNESCO and world moved on. With some notable declarations like Demoscene and Techno music being added in a number of countries. Too bad those couldn't be added to a US registry also.
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000385118
Throwing away our American First globalist capitalist ideological project for... clout?
This isn’t just a blip, but part of a long-term downward trajectory in U.S. and UNESCO relations.
Please don't introduce religion-based flamebait like this.