"We have learned that we cannot live alone, at peace; that our own well-being is dependent on the well-being of other nations, far away.... We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Former US President, 1945.
This quote by the Former US President Franklin Roosevelt is accurate as to how we are living today. We, in a sense, are no longer citizens of a single country, instead we are citizens of the world. We are interconnected and dependent on other countries to the point where it could be potentially catastrophic. Or it could mean even more amazing advances in all things, technology, sustainability, peacekeeping and further research into our world and out side of it.
Today what you do affects everybody. On a large scale, take the European Debt Crisis. If any of those nations fall it can crash the entire EU and as a result the ENTIRE WORLD could launch into a economic down turn!
The only thing I disagree with is when Former President Roosevelt states, "We have learned to be citizens of the world." I think instead we are learning and we still have a long way to go.
None the less this is a great quote that expresses how we are no longer people of a single nation but connected and dependent on each others actions.
-Brittany
I completely agree that this could both be a negative and positive effect on individual countries. The european Debt Crisis is a perfect example of how interdependence could be a negative effect. On your point about we are learning to be citizens of the world, it's very true but I think instead of learning we were almost forced into it because of the advancements the world has made.
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