"The Trump administration's recent decision to withdraw from 66 international treaties, conventions and organizations is striking for the range of its rejections. Everything from the global treaty on climate change to multilateral efforts to address migration and cultural heritage, clean water and renewable energy, and the international trade in timber and minerals has been summarily dismissed as contrary to the interests of the United States."
"I show how profound patterns of isolation and division have crept into the everyday texture of American life. Increasingly fortified homes and neighborhoods, bulked-up cars and trucks, visions of the body as an armored fortress, media that shut out contrary views: these interlocking walls have sharpened the divide between insiders and outsiders, separating Americans on an everyday basis and encouraging us to disregard our relationships with others."
The United States has withdrawn from numerous international treaties and organizations, rejecting cooperation on climate change, migration, cultural heritage, clean water, renewable energy, and trade in timber and minerals. This retreat from multilateral engagement reflects a broader pattern of isolation manifested domestically as fortified homes, gated neighborhoods, oversized vehicles, and a body-as-fortress mentality. Media environments that shut out contrary views reinforce divisions between insiders and outsiders. These everyday walls sharpen social separation and encourage disregard for global relationships. Going it alone tends to concentrate power and enable autocratic impulses rather than produce genuine autonomy. Conversations across diverse communities reveal how these interlocking practices deepen isolation.
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