This article was very impactful because the author brought up a few very interesting points. I realized from this article that our process of the United Nations does not work very well right now because everyone is so selfish. There will never be world citizenship if people continue to go after one another. We need to come together and accept that we are all, “a family that shares the earth with all living things.” I think Boulder makes a good point when he states, “If children in every country grew up learning about the United Nations and how it works, and how their country works in the United Nations… Getting to know their United Nations citizenship would be part of the great learning adventure of growing up on a planet earth and becoming familiar with all its diversity of people, states, sociocultures and bio cultures.” I completely agree with this because then children would learn that there are more people in the world than them and that what their country does can affect the whole world.
This article relates to a few of the readings we have had in class already. The ones that stick out to me are “Make Our Ugly Discourse Better” and “Why I like vicious, anonymous online comments”. The ideas in Make Our Ugly Discourse Better were very similar to the ideas of Boulder because they both believe that there are more peaceful ways to change the world. Fighting and butting heads does not change peoples’ minds. If you calmly explain what you want and feel then people respond better.
Why I like vicious, anonymous online comments is relevant to Boulder’s article because it shows what the world is becoming, cruel, vicious, and detrimental. Until people learn to be more civil toward one another, the world will not get better. It’s time to change by being more positive and connecting to our worldwide family!
So the answer to this question is, Yes, there can be world citizenship, but not until everyone is willing to give and become civil with one another.
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