Elise Boulding writes in the essay "Can There Be World Citizenship” about cultures, states and the United Nations coming together as one. For one, I don't know how possible that would be. There are so many different cultures and even different types of cultures within one to just join them all together and learn the same roles as one another. In one of my Psychology classes we are learning about cultures and how within one culture and their beliefs, there are more cultures and more beliefs. It would be difficult to take that away in a sense from those who are dedicated to their ancestry; you can’t just cut ties of that and have them learn something new. I feel like this relates to the “What is Freedom” free write we had to do in the beginning of class. We all have our freedom in our own cultures and customs ways. Bringing everyone together may show a sense of peace throughout our countries by being on the same page, but I also believe it would take away some freedom away. As Elise says in the beginning of the essay, the way she grew up was different than others. She came home and practiced her Norwegian lessons at the table under her mothers supervision. I feel if we all joined to one citizenship, we would be taking something away from someone.
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