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No one is really talking about how all these goals are already incorporated into your local administrative region's development plan. Normally, if you search '

No one is really talking about how all these goals are already incorporated into your local administrative region's development plan. Normally, if you search 'xxregion development plan' you get a document of what is planned - more bikes lanes, less cars, denser housing, etc. The documents are very similar everywhere. And this is because they are working off the same templates. I'm not sure about this but I understand there are monetary incentives given for the implementation of the goals. Which is to say, that without a vote being cast, these plans are being implemented locally across the world. If that's correct, is this not a UN takeover of government? Yes, worthy words around the goals etc, but aren't the people allowed a choice, with understanding, about what's coming their way?

jrmg 4y ago
In democratic countries, if it’s being implemented by the local authorities, you can’t really say it’s ‘without a vote being cast’. Elected representatives of the people have bought into the ideas. They’re not only allowed a choice, they’re actively making one. In the other direction, the UN only exists because nation states voluntarily choose to be a part of it. It’s not some external force.
- verisimi 4y ago
  Did you vote for the UN to manage your what your local authority does? Are you not at all concerned that there is an organisation that is deciding what to promote, and that there is little you can do, once you 'elected representative' waves through whatever is proposed to them? And did you realise when you voted for your elected representative, that they were going to accept(/refuse) the UN sustainable development goals and implement them locally?
  - petermcneeley 4y ago
    I recommend you play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_(video_game)
immibis 4y ago
UN takeover? No, the ideas are good, so lots of people independently decided to implement them. Simple as that. You may as well ask whether Dennis Ritchie took over Microsoft.
thegayretard69 4y ago

jrmg 4y ago

In democratic countries, if it’s being implemented by the local authorities, you can’t really say it’s ‘without a vote being cast’. Elected representatives of the people have bought into the ideas. They’re not only allowed a choice, they’re actively making one. In the other direction, the UN only exists because nation states voluntarily choose to be a part of it. It’s not some external force.

verisimi 4y ago
Did you vote for the UN to manage your what your local authority does? Are you not at all concerned that there is an organisation that is deciding what to promote, and that there is little you can do, once you 'elected representative' waves through whatever is proposed to them? And did you realise when you voted for your elected representative, that they were going to accept(/refuse) the UN sustainable development goals and implement them locally?
- petermcneeley 4y ago
  I recommend you play https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex_(video_game)

immibis 4y ago

UN takeover? No, the ideas are good, so lots of people independently decided to implement them. Simple as that. You may as well ask whether Dennis Ritchie took over Microsoft.

thegayretard69 4y ago