Part 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4& of Acumen virtual bootcamp series can be found here.
I approached two of our readings, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United States’ Declaration of Independence in the 5th week of Acumen.
1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Democracy itself constitutes a human right, and therefore nation states not respecting democratic principles open themselves up to just conflict internally and externally. The Declaration emphasize on the rights of humans and create a document that forms a vision for utopia. Therefore, leaders with moral imagination has to step up, tune with one’s own moral compass, and make this as core of our future.
2. In post covid situation, life of most people is in turn-moil and pain. But, I am critical of analyzing United States’ Declaration of Independence at this juncture. This is a revolutionary rhetoric that can be easily hacked by the elements who want to destabilize the consensus for a emergency powers and uprising. This call seems more dubious and hard to be translated into real mass improvement of people. And how it is no different from Mao's call for Cultural Revolution in 1960s where the population was urged to rid itself of the : Old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas.
The merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. I will definitely remove this line. And no explanation needed.
Passing Thought:In times of crisis especially disaster, there is nationalism sweeping the communities. There is rise in poll popularity of the leader despite of good or bad handling of the process. And rallying around the leader becomes one of those irrational things. Richard Perle, once an advisor to Libyan Dictator, Gaddafi had said “Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.” Being a thinking person in a crisis is a tomfoolery and seen as act of internal enemy. India have a troll force working to keep dissent away!
I approached two of our readings, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United States’ Declaration of Independence in the 5th week of Acumen.
1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Democracy itself constitutes a human right, and therefore nation states not respecting democratic principles open themselves up to just conflict internally and externally. The Declaration emphasize on the rights of humans and create a document that forms a vision for utopia. Therefore, leaders with moral imagination has to step up, tune with one’s own moral compass, and make this as core of our future.
2. In post covid situation, life of most people is in turn-moil and pain. But, I am critical of analyzing United States’ Declaration of Independence at this juncture. This is a revolutionary rhetoric that can be easily hacked by the elements who want to destabilize the consensus for a emergency powers and uprising. This call seems more dubious and hard to be translated into real mass improvement of people. And how it is no different from Mao's call for Cultural Revolution in 1960s where the population was urged to rid itself of the : Old customs, old culture, old habits, and old ideas.
The merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. I will definitely remove this line. And no explanation needed.
Passing Thought:In times of crisis especially disaster, there is nationalism sweeping the communities. There is rise in poll popularity of the leader despite of good or bad handling of the process. And rallying around the leader becomes one of those irrational things. Richard Perle, once an advisor to Libyan Dictator, Gaddafi had said “Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.” Being a thinking person in a crisis is a tomfoolery and seen as act of internal enemy. India have a troll force working to keep dissent away!
