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What does it mean to be an active citizen? It’s about more than just voting and paying taxes, says social entrepreneur Gabriel Marmentini. He explains why we can’t rely on the state alone to solve all our problems — and presents the four key ingredients for anyone to become a change-maker and engage in solving…

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What does it mean to be an active citizen? It’s about more than just voting and paying taxes, says social entrepreneur Gabriel Marmentini. He explains why we can’t rely on the state alone to solve all our problems — and presents the four key ingredients for anyone to become a change-maker and engage in solving public issues.

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  1. @MuhammadHassan-tf4rd

    April 23, 2024 at 7:06 am

    “A passive and ignorant citizenry will never create a sustainable world” – Andrew Gaines

  2. @CorinneBankowski

    April 23, 2024 at 7:10 am

    I’m genuinely grateful for the opportunity to engage with such intelligent and thoughtful individuals. It’s a privilege.????

  3. @sabinesa08

    April 23, 2024 at 7:12 am

    A good Citizen is keeping His opinion by himself, He obeys the Gov and its ministries, organizations and anything connected to the Gov and its Propaganda. Comply, obeys, shut up.

  4. @sabinesa08

    April 23, 2024 at 7:17 am

    The UN SDG 17 are a great Marketing Campaign creating lots of customers. Health is what is promoted by the WHO ????. Your opinion is what is taught you by the Media and bought science ????. The real Problems, like environmental pollution, toxic soil, water and Air is done by…. right.. not You!!! The Problem was and still is created by Businesses, Investors greed, corruption, idiocracy.

  5. @pranay_kumar

    April 23, 2024 at 7:18 am

    a much needed talk in these times. thankyou brother.

  6. @haigha-qb4kf

    April 23, 2024 at 7:53 am

    Valuable stuff, keep at it, man.

  7. @chocomalk

    April 23, 2024 at 8:17 am

    It’s called voluntarism, instead of unaccountable morons stealing your money, everyone takes time to run their local and Federal governments.
    The State does not solve problems, it creates them. There is no reason why a lawyer or used car salesman can lead or get classified clearance over a fireman, teacher or plumber, just because some lazy, uninterested mass of people elects them.

  8. @chesterkendra5224

    April 23, 2024 at 8:51 am

    How to be a sheeple.

  9. @piku5637

    April 23, 2024 at 8:54 am

    NormⒶlize Medicare for all, worker owned co-ops and active unions. America is the only country on Earth without universal healthcare. Workers make the world run, workers should run the world.

  10. @biang1

    April 23, 2024 at 9:26 am

    Why just change? Why not fight for social cancerous progression sometimes?

  11. @taviparker4993

    April 23, 2024 at 9:27 am

    Excellent.
    Unfortunately, as I see it, individualism in Brazil is way more ingrained than knowing and understanding political parties, etc
    Here is a basic example: You enter a house in Brasil and the inside of the house is very clean and organized. You step out of that house and the sidewalks and the streets could be filthy. The individual living in that house do not consider themselves a citizen of the community. I could go on and on.
    I think your project needs to be presented at the federal or state department of education. Citizenship needs to be taught in primary school.
    Congratulations for your work and good luck.
    By the way, what do you mean by “see you on the other side”?

  12. @alexissgonz10

    April 23, 2024 at 9:37 am

    ????????????????????????

  13. @KarmaCoyote

    April 23, 2024 at 10:03 am

    ❤❤❤

  14. @leviefrauim1425

    April 23, 2024 at 12:13 pm

    This young man offers what sounds to be practical advice but why, just why do I suspect he’s a closet commie? Perhaps it’s his choice of terms, like revolution, but my spider sense is tingling.

  15. @StigHelmer

    April 23, 2024 at 12:50 pm

    Excellent. Very reminiscent of the political system in the Starship Troopers universe. Not everyone should be citizens, only those educated and understanding of responsibility.

    • @Betweoxwitegan

      April 23, 2024 at 6:59 pm

      Do you mean not everyone should be a citizen or not everyone should vote? Everyone should be a citizen of a country they’re born in or have ties to in some capacity and I believe every citizen should have a vote, technocracies can work though.

    • @StigHelmer

      April 24, 2024 at 7:05 am

      @@Betweoxwitegan IMO: People who serve the country, pay taxes and are lawful are citizens and have a right to vote.
      The general lefty person should not be able to vote. Munching of other peoples hard work, laziness and decadency should be discouraged. Sure, allow them to exist but with no say.

  16. @user-tt3ry6mb4g

    April 23, 2024 at 3:16 pm

    Excellent idea within a simple representation

  17. @polinakoval617

    April 23, 2024 at 3:29 pm

    Bro lives in a fairy tale world

  18. @manoelgomes9319

    April 23, 2024 at 6:11 pm

    Great, I am from Brazil

  19. @markseagraves5486

    April 23, 2024 at 9:03 pm

    Pray for the World
    Celebrate your Nation
    Take Action Locally
    If not now, when?

  20. @JimmyMarquardsen

    April 23, 2024 at 11:36 pm

    This old world…this worn out, run down and starved reality…is dying.
    Those who struggle to maintain it are in the throes of death.

  21. @Ren-1979

    April 24, 2024 at 5:21 am

    If the government doesn’t deliver, then the citizens have to. Sad, really. But it looks like it’s unfortunately necessary.

  22. @Loving-waves

    April 24, 2024 at 9:03 am

    This is an excellent way to think about citizenship. ✨We all have work to do first in our own communities and that branches out to the world. ❤thank you for sharing your knowledge and perspectives.

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