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Democracy isn’t a thing you have — it’s a thing you do. #TEDTalks
This clip was from a live TED Member conversation. Join us for future events by becoming a member today. If you think democracy is some kind of inevitable, default setting for the world, then you aren’t going to have it for very long, says historian and author Timothy Snyder. From World War I to the…
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August 19, 2025 at 12:51 pm
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@joeyg283
August 19, 2025 at 1:13 pm
Well said. 💯
@jerrygrinnell2290
August 19, 2025 at 1:14 pm
*constitutional republic *
@jf-jx4ym
August 19, 2025 at 3:20 pm
Is Democracy More cruel than other ways,towards other living things… if it exists?
@RobertSteiner-tl2wz
August 19, 2025 at 6:37 pm
We are a constitutional republic not a democracy, what is the point of the Ted talk.
@toddgardner2826
August 19, 2025 at 7:42 pm
Democracy is “mob rule,” and the mob is brutal and vicious. I like our constitutional republic.
@Nichole8609
August 19, 2025 at 10:24 pm
Timothy Snyder has taught me so much about what freedom means. I never went to college. But if given the chance, I would take only one class and that would be his class. His books have opened my eyes and mind to the country I live and having an understanding of other countries
@dcmirk
August 20, 2025 at 1:00 am
Democracy is great so long as the Republicans are in control and the Democrats have no power. Simple
@Ever-x4o
August 20, 2025 at 4:15 am
Democracy only can exist if decentralisation of power is possible and not over taken by centralisation
@catsploitation
August 20, 2025 at 5:42 am
He’s using Dharma principles (Buddhist) applied to political reality and he’s absolutely right.
@EA-tc6kb
August 20, 2025 at 6:08 am
Until a monopoly starts capturing the institutions that uphold it.
@lulu111_the_cool
August 20, 2025 at 10:15 am
Not rule. Decided.
@justoneman3916
August 20, 2025 at 1:03 pm
More importantly, if Democracy falls in the US would anyone hear it?
@LordAugastus
August 21, 2025 at 8:22 pm
Democracy died, when we gave money power then gave all the money to the 1%,once again spawning a ruling owner class…. Turns out then they can work us like slaves, and don’t give us time to participate in family, community or even democratic process.. Ironic isn’t it in a way