This video basically falls into the same trap all of these other David Pakman-ass accounts fall into: They say the resolutions don't do anything or repeat something that has already been passed, and then give the reasons why it shouldn't be voted for.
If the thing you are voting on has already been passed, or it's not binding (and General Assembly resolutions like this aren't binding), then there is no reason to vote against it. It's not going to do anything if it's passed and you just look like an asshole voting against something all your other capitalist allies voted for. The US and Israel didn't vote for it because both countries openly believe food is not a human right.
Right up there with evangelical fundies going apeshit every time the UN charter on Rights of the Child gets brought up. I have an aunt who was absolutely obsessed with that shit because she thought it meant that Obama was going to come down from on high and personally tell her that she couldn't home-school her daughter.
The guy on the video goes further and explains that the other points were the "problem", like technology transfer and intellectual property (you can bet it was about generic enhanced seeds). The US is happy donating half or the entire budget of the world food program, and having all the countries that depend on it in its control, while the "problematic" points on the resolution worked toward making countries food independent, so you can se why it was an easy "not" from the US.
Hating data nerds is a sectarianism against MLs!
This video basically falls into the same trap all of these other David Pakman-ass accounts fall into: They say the resolutions don't do anything or repeat something that has already been passed, and then give the reasons why it shouldn't be voted for.
If the thing you are voting on has already been passed, or it's not binding (and General Assembly resolutions like this aren't binding), then there is no reason to vote against it. It's not going to do anything if it's passed and you just look like an asshole voting against something all your other capitalist allies voted for. The US and Israel didn't vote for it because both countries openly believe food is not a human right.
Right up there with evangelical fundies going apeshit every time the UN charter on Rights of the Child gets brought up. I have an aunt who was absolutely obsessed with that shit because she thought it meant that Obama was going to come down from on high and personally tell her that she couldn't home-school her daughter.
:sicko-wistful:
The real reason is that such a charter implies that children are people and not property
The guy on the video goes further and explains that the other points were the "problem", like technology transfer and intellectual property (you can bet it was about generic enhanced seeds). The US is happy donating half or the entire budget of the world food program, and having all the countries that depend on it in its control, while the "problematic" points on the resolution worked toward making countries food independent, so you can se why it was an easy "not" from the US.