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“Motion picture producers recognize the high trust and confidence which have been placed in them by the people of the world and which have made motion pictures a universal form of entertainment.
“They recognize their responsibility to the public because of this trust and because entertainment and art are important influences in the life of a nation.
“Hence, though regarding motion pictures as entertainment without an explicit purpose for teaching or propaganda, they know that the motion picture within its own field of entertainment may be directly responsible
for spiritual or moral progress, for higher types of social life, and for much correct thinking.”
-- The Hollywood Motion Picture Code of 1930, written in somewhat of a panic to tell legislators, “Please do not regulate us.” But even then, they were not sincere about moral content creation, or moral self-governance.
“The decline of community in the modern world has as its inevitable religious consequence the creation of masses of helpless, bewildered individuals who are unable to find solace in Christianity regarded merely as creed.”
Robert Nisbet
American diplomacy should continue to stand up for genuine democracy, freedom of expression, and unapologetic celebrations of European nations’ individual character and history. America encourages its political allies in Europe to promote this revival of spirit, and the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed gives cause for great optimism. Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory.
The White House
The National Security Strategy Document
Games stimulate the mind. Kids thrive on mental stimulation. Games teach kids to triumph over challenging problems.
This story out of India: Sarwagya Singh Kushwaha was born in 2022. At 30 months he started learning chess. By age three he had defeated five ranking members of the International Chess Federation, earning him his own official ranking. What’s next? Recognition as a grand master as he continues learn about how chess works, and how victory is achieved against some of the most active minds of his generation.
