Comments on: President Obama http://global-culture.org/president-obama/ Sustainable, Memorable, Livable Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:40:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: A. Traviss Corry http://global-culture.org/president-obama/comment-page-1/#comment-119333 A. Traviss Corry Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:11:39 +0000 http://global-culture.org/blog/?p=444#comment-119333 I think Oboma's speech writers are wrong (or pandering to public desire) regarding the 'lines of tribe soon dissolving'. Global Culture is not dissolving the lines, it's reorganizing, and de-regionalizing the lines. Tribes are now connected over distance via social and electronic media. I think the 'tribes dissapearing' concept is a hangover from the 'melting pot' idea, which has proven unsuccessful in cultures which have tried it. Multiculturalism, and diversity is the future. It must be the future! It's what makes strong societies, with many ideas, ways of living, and ways of solving problems. Human society is an ecosystem; it relies on diversity. I don't think many people really want to live in a melting pot of uniformity. This 'new era of peace' needs to come from the new globalized, interconnected nature of our 'tribes' learning to view our differences and diversity as communal strength. I think Oboma’s speech writers are wrong (or pandering to public desire) regarding the ‘lines of tribe soon dissolving’. Global Culture is not dissolving the lines, it’s reorganizing, and de-regionalizing the lines. Tribes are now connected over distance via social and electronic media. I think the ‘tribes dissapearing’ concept is a hangover from the ‘melting pot’ idea, which has proven unsuccessful in cultures which have tried it. Multiculturalism, and diversity is the future. It must be the future! It’s what makes strong societies, with many ideas, ways of living, and ways of solving problems. Human society is an ecosystem; it relies on diversity. I don’t think many people really want to live in a melting pot of uniformity.

This ‘new era of peace’ needs to come from the new globalized, interconnected nature of our ‘tribes’ learning to view our differences and diversity as communal strength.

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