Around the year 1500, medieval painter Hieronymus Bosch painted a person with sheet music written on their butt being tortured in hell.
500 years later, someone decided to transcribe and play the song. Now, you can hear it too.
To @POTUS :
- remember that for many countries your nation is just one power among others, not the center of the world
- explain less to others “how they should live”, and listen more to how they actually live
- don't confuse economic power with cultural superiority ... 🧵1/*
- distinguish between allies, partners and simply other countries (not everyone is obliged to be “on your side”)
- don't treat democracy as an export product: different societies have different political evolutions
- don't take criticism of 🇺🇸 as a personal insult ...🧵3/*
- be curious about other languages and cultures — it reduces the sense of superiority
- remember: respect in the world is earned not by those who talk the loudest about leadership, but by those who behave as equals 4/4