Everything's Coming Up Rainbows
Culture of Change - Episode 5 Show Notes
Last week on Culture of Change, we introduced the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals through the example of their strategic partnership with Thomas the Tank Engine.
On Monday, my youngest son – a sixth grader – told me that he was working on a paper for the “development goals in Individuals and Societies.” You can imagine how my ears perked up.
“Your what, now?,” I asked him. “Do you mean the Sustainable Development Goals on the colored wheel? The 17 goals?”
He told me that it was going to be 18 soon, because they are adding a goal about space, and he was irritated that he couldn’t choose the space one. Instead, he chose “Climate Action.” Because, of course, he did.
Where Does “Curriculum” Come From?
My three sons – 18, 15, 12 – have gone to public school, private school, online schools, and charter schools. I’ve even homeschooled each of them at different points in their educational journeys.
Individuals and Societies is a course construct of the International Baccalaureate (IB) educational approach. Currently, all three of my boys are in IB schools, learning to become good global citizens. Or something like that.
Since the birth of my first son, the goals of my parenting have always been two-fold: (1) Men after God’s heart, and (2) critical thinkers that can navigate the world.
The former makes me want to rip them out of the government school system, again, and make them memorize the Bible. But the latter requires that I allow them to engage in the system so I can teach them to navigate it. Schooling is the first interaction our kids have with the world. If they cannot learn to effectively navigate a classroom led by an oppositional teacher, where will they learn to navigate oppositional workplaces, oppositional community groups, or governing institutions?
Knowing that one of the core tenets of high speed culture change is to capture the educational institutions, it’s not a flippant decision to send them to government schools. In fact, that decision requires that I be more engaged with their education, critically challenging what they’re learning, and debating the substance of what they’re being taught.
If there is one parenting tactic that I 100% stand by, it’s making my kids defend their ideas from a young age. Teach them to debate early in their lives, and teach them HOW to think rather than WHAT to think.
Yesterday, my oldest opened a college acceptance letter. He will be studying Finance in the fall. No, I am not concerned about my brilliant son attending a liberal university because he is a man after God’s heart and a critical thinker. I might be a little concerned for his professors.
Teaching kids critical thinking over blind compliance is important. But that’s parenting. In government schools, the kids are learning compliance and told what to think – settled sciences like evolution and climate hysteria – and that curriculum is coming from the regime.
As we discussed last week, the Sustainable Development Goals have been shaped by the globalists at the UN and WEF, and then refined and operationalized by the strategic advisors and their “thought leadership.” They are then rolled out as a massive change effort into all industries and sectors in every geography around the world.
Including education.
From K-12 to post secondary to continuing and professional education, the regime has executed on high velocity culture change Principle 21 – you have to take over the schools. And they have done it.
Remember Adam Kinzinger talking about January 6 truth: “Nobody that believes any of that garbage Tucker was spewing, none of their kids will ever believe that garbage.” He seems very confident.
Today we are going to deconstruct the change effort of the SDG infiltration of our US education system.
Becoming Good Global Citizens
In 2016, McKinsey & Co published “Miles to go: Stepping up progress toward gender equality,” laying out the path to achieve gender parity in society. That is SDG 5, and it’s probably not a coincidence that it snuggles right up next to education.
To understand why the insights and prescriptions in this document are important, I want to take just a minute and talk about McKinsey. There are many strategy firms and professional services providers, but McKinsey is largely seen as the world’s strategy firm. They are ALL IN on ESG, and published a report in 2021 about their efforts and impact.
MCKINSEY 2021 ESG IMPACT REPORT
From that report:
“We believe that today’s leaders have a unique opportunity to adopt a form of growth that:
Treats growth, sustainability, and inclusion as mutually reinforcing
Is more sustainable, driving innovation while reducing environmental impact
Is more inclusive, creating access to opportunities for more people worldwide”
“We are committed to using our unique strengths—the breadth of our insights and expertise, our distinctive people, and our ability to convene a diverse set of leaders—to accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth for the world.”
“In addition, we convene an External Advisory Group composed of senior leaders from various industries to provide diverse and objective perspectives to inform the overall strategy of the firm, help identify macro risks, and guide our efforts of continuous improvement.”
McKinsey’s ESG Impact is Extensive:
63m article reads
47 industry awards
12,400+ colleagues in our Inclusion Allies program
$850m invested in knowledge development, capability building, and learning
1,200+ sustainability engagements, supporting clients in their climate transition journeys
130k+ new businesses in process of being imagined, built, and scaled through Leap
$190m+ invested toward our $2 billion commitment to social responsibility by 2030
19% reduction in absolute emissions (vs. 2019 baseline)
“The resulting ESG framework lays out the specific ambitions and actions that will enable us to accelerate sustainable and inclusive growth for the world through our work with clients, how we operate our firm, and how we engage with other stakeholders to expand our impact, including our suppliers, communities, partners, peer organizations, and others.”
“This commitment has led us to join the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics initiative and serve as a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).”
“Drawing on our research and insights, we contribute to debates on pressing issues and support solutions at scale while maintaining our professional independence and objectivity.”
“Through our client service, our research and insights, our pro bono activities, and on-the-ground support for communities, we are contributing to all 17 SDGs to varying degrees.”
And there is no question that McKinsey has the partnership ecosystem to do anything they want:
“To bolster our capabilities, we have established an open ecosystem of alliances and acquisitions. This dynamic and evolving group of leading technology companies—from global tech platforms like AWS, Google, Microsoft, and SAP to innovative start-ups—helps our clients anticipate and react to change and stay resilient. This ecosystem comprises more than 500 external companies and over 20 acquisitions that span cloud, data, analytics, sustainability, and implementation and change acceleration—all in service of better supporting our clients.”
Public-Private Partnerships for ESG Outcomes in Education
Back to 2016 and “Miles to go: Stepping up progress toward gender equality,” McKinsey has been working on shaping the gender landscape in education for years.
MILES TO GO: STEPPING UP PROGRESS TOWARD GENDER EQUALITY
“Two types of interventions are particularly important: opening up avenues for women to engage in productive work and entrepreneurship, as well as lowering barriers to their moving into positions of responsibility and leadership; and ensuring that girls and women receive education and training to help develop their talent and create opportunities.”
“At the highest level, governments can create an enabling climate through legislation. Financial mechanisms, such as cash transfers targeting girls, can give incentive for changes in behavior within families and communities.”
“To achieve the $12 trillion GDP potential identified and to make progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, spending on five priority areas—education, family planning, maternal mortality, digital inclusion, and unpaid care work—needs to rise by $1.5 trillion to $2.0 trillion between now and 2025.”
“Gender gaps in work are symptoms of deeper gender gaps in society and only serve to exacerbate them.”
“An estimated 36 million girls marry between the ages of 15 and 19, stunting their educational and economic potential. About 30 percent of women around the world have been victims of violence from an intimate partner.”
“MGI’s research suggests that, in a scenario in which every country matched the fastest progress toward gender parity made within its region, $12 trillion could be added to global GDP in 2025.”
“The imperative remains as strong as ever to step up efforts to close the global gender gap, one year after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals.”
Globalist Impacts on US Education
As you can see, the vision of the globalists at the WEF and the UN are strategized and planned by the globalists in McKinsey and the professional services firms. So, what does this look like in education?
REIMAGINING A MORE EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT K–12 EDUCATION SYSTEM
McKinsey’s educational approach for children endorses the IB program, the schooling program that my kids attend. Individuals and Societies is essentially Humanities or Social Studies – from a globalist standpoint.
INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
INDIVIDUALS AND SOCIETIES: DIGITAL SOCIETY
Notice that in all of the branding – from the UN/WEF to the McKinsey content to the IB materials – the visuals used are subdued. But when we see how it shows up for end users – for kids and individuals actually in society – what do you see?
The Rainbows are Targeted at the Children. Why?
As we discuss every week on Culture of Change, the global corporate communists tell us everything they are planning. According to Kinzinger – and based on the time and resources that have gone into SDG youth programming – a primary audience of the globalist conditioning is the children. The conditioning is intense to groom children to abandon individualism and be good, compliant global citizens. And everything's coming up rainbows.
If you missed it, check out Ashe and Apollo talking about Sustainable Development Goals on Culture of Change!
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Excellent information. Thank you Ashe!