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How to revive your belief in democracy | Eric Liu

Civic evangelist Eric Liu shares a powerful way to rekindle the spirit of citizenship and the belief that democracy still works. Join him for a trip to “Civic Saturday” and learn more about how making civic engagement a weekly habit can help build communities based on shared values and a path to belonging. Get TED…

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  1. Gangerolf

    May 25, 2019 at 9:01 am

    Sadly I live in the EU and over here democracy is dead. On top of things Im a swede and we dont even have a constitutional court so the leaders caan break the constitution as much as they want.. wich ofc really means nothing since the EU dont respect the swedish constitution one bit anyway.

    • Lena

      May 25, 2019 at 10:56 am

      Gangerolf Oh Democracy is dead in the EU? Weird. I guess the EU parliamentary elections this weekend to elect not only the MPs but also the President of the European Commission must be fake news then ??‍♀️

    • Gangerolf

      May 25, 2019 at 11:08 am

      Lena they now talk about punishing sovereign countries for not takin enuf immigrants.. and the have democratically elected national governments.. how is that democracy if EU can do that to a sovereign nation.. cus its not. They didnt . So hungary romania and poland are not part of the democracy or what?

    • Karl Harvy Marx

      May 25, 2019 at 12:02 pm

      I think I just caught a whiff of bovine scented air… nope, just Putin and the gang. If you are a Swede, you live in one of the best countries in the world. Take a look at current events in the US. That’s what happens when people are fooled into listening to the blame the EU crowd’s masterminds. They’re the same group who fooled people into voting for Trump, and fooled Trump into believing stupid and hate-filled conspiracy theories. Is that what you want?

    • Gangerolf

      May 25, 2019 at 3:02 pm

      Perhaps your to young to even know what happened when Sweden voted for EG.. yes it wasnt a union then and they said it wud NEVER be one. I guess u think lies is part of a democratic system.. so my conclusion is that you must be a commie. They love the lie

  2. Sahil

    May 25, 2019 at 9:15 am

    As an indian…
    After this General Election results i can’t ?

  3. Dave C

    May 25, 2019 at 9:16 am

    THE GOVERNMENT LIZARD MEN ARE CONTROLLING OUR MINDS. WE ARE BEING BRAINWASHED, WAKE UP SHEEPLE.

    • Dave C

      May 25, 2019 at 9:17 am

      I just thought I’d try and blend in

  4. hottestheart

    May 25, 2019 at 9:42 am

    Sikhi = Civic religion(Civic Love, Civic spirit, Civic responsibility)

    Research about it. Organised framework is already placed.

  5. Grozny Entertainment

    May 25, 2019 at 9:49 am

    The title indicates that democracy is dead

  6. LasTCursE69

    May 25, 2019 at 10:07 am

    Why would I want to do that exactly?

  7. Essel Sid

    May 25, 2019 at 10:40 am

    I’m from India, i really need this right now…

  8. FeedMeSalt

    May 25, 2019 at 11:18 am

    The cost of education is half your life. That’s our primary flaw.
    Education should be free for roles we need. Need a doctor in this rural community? Pay a kids school and have him do a 4 year term there or something.

  9. Ry

    May 25, 2019 at 11:39 am

    I don’t even want to hear platitudes anymore. It’s never going to be enough. We the people… Blah blah blah blah, what they have done to the people is unacceptable. They discredit those with credibility, and credit the unscrupulous and profane. This guy is so scared, because he realizes the ship is moving fast and has no rudder. Full speed ahead! Full speed ahead!! It’s going to be awesome.

  10. Lugh Summerson

    May 25, 2019 at 11:48 am

    Religion is a way to herd the populace without democratic mandate. If a particular activist cause is the right thing to work towards, you can justify it rationally. Using the shortcut of people’s superstitions, emotions and social conditioning is manipulative. It’s open to abuse and has been used in the past to lead to great harm.

    Only a benevolent world dictator could ensure that religion was used only for good. Religion will always be in conflict with democracy by its nature.

  11. Nelly Moukakou

    May 25, 2019 at 11:59 am

    Aristotle said these things a loooong time ago

  12. Nev T

    May 25, 2019 at 12:20 pm

    If the govt wants our info then I want transparency in who’s paying who and what taxes you pay. Otherwise theres no trust

  13. remeythecat

    May 25, 2019 at 1:21 pm

    I’m doing my part. Service guarantees citizenship.

  14. Şahin yaşar

    May 25, 2019 at 1:27 pm

    Too late for democracy

  15. Vikram Srinivasan

    May 25, 2019 at 1:42 pm

    Come to India the world’s largest democracy. You don’t require a 15 min talk on this.

  16. More On Charvaka

    May 25, 2019 at 1:56 pm

    DEMOCRACY IS HEALTHY YOU JUST DON’T LIKE THE RESULTS WHEN YOU LOSE. SUCK IT UP AND TRY HARDER.

  17. Firmus

    May 25, 2019 at 1:56 pm

    Western liberal democracy will not bring you what you are looking for.

  18. Robert Stark

    May 25, 2019 at 2:30 pm

    America is not a democracy, America is a Republic. Democracies always fail. As mentioned in a previous comment, “Socrates hit the dislike button”.

    • Heraion

      May 25, 2019 at 3:29 pm

      I don’t really get where you got the confidence to say that America is not a democracy. “[…] a republic is a form of government whereas a democracy is an ideology that helps shape how a government is run.” (from a distinction found on the web). Just to give some context. And where does this democracies always fail come from? If you were consistent, you’d have to say that all forms of governments fail (can’t remember any form of government which hasn’t had its failures throughout the last 2000 years or so). Eventually, democracy, despite all its flaws, is the best we’ve came up so far and I’m pretty glad I grew up in a republic… or democracy?

  19. Jonathan Dean

    May 25, 2019 at 2:57 pm

    America isn’t a democracy, it’s a republic which is better than democracy

  20. David Bennett

    May 25, 2019 at 3:43 pm

    If Trump continues to get away with his tyrannical bullshit and wins reelection then the Republic is Dead. If Democrats win back Congress and the White House then we will still suffer Tyrannical Rule. The difference will be the disarmament of the populace. Both major political parties are tyrannical. The Republic is Dead.

  21. Elena Mar

    May 25, 2019 at 3:52 pm

    Religion is not a good term to promote something. Dislike.

  22. Social 21

    May 25, 2019 at 4:10 pm

    Reduce Taxes > Democracy

  23. Kunal Mazumdar

    May 25, 2019 at 4:21 pm

    Democracy is a total myth. Maybe old days it worked, but now it is all about fuucking money.

  24. 2fer one

    May 25, 2019 at 4:33 pm

    Having a little trouble creating order in the universe? If people were more civilized math would be less irrational.

  25. Mahi 3101

    May 25, 2019 at 4:44 pm

    “Bullshit is the glue, that binds us as a nation” – George Carlin

  26. コンパス最強のカードゲームバズーカ

    May 25, 2019 at 7:37 pm

    I want to understand English

  27. love joy

    May 25, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    one man one vote is farce. if you look at the past 200 years a lot of tragedies were committed because a lot of politically uneducated ans naive people were attracted by populist and radical ideas.

  28. Mr A

    May 25, 2019 at 7:54 pm

    Why would people want to go BACK TO SLEEP? Democracy is where the majority gets to initiate force ( law, and the guns of government ) on the minority. Democracy is NOT noble. It is a savage paradigm from caveman days. It is time for us to evolve towards a voluntary society based on consent of the individual.

    • Mr A

      May 25, 2019 at 8:43 pm

      Your house is on fire because you were playing with matches… then some guy gets on stage and tells you that playing with matches is the right thing to do…

  29. Richard C

    May 25, 2019 at 7:58 pm

    A bit too preachy for my liking:
    1) Isn’t his “Civic Religion” just morality? We just need to internationally agree what morality is because there are certain people who’s morals are warped, mainly by religion
    2) What we have isn’t Democracy, I like to call it elected autocracy, a very outdated democratic approximation. We need to go back to the definition of democracy and reinvent it with modern technology. You’ll find it doesn’t look anything like what we have now.

    • Georgy Thomas

      May 26, 2019 at 3:32 am

      All great revolutions were lead and societies established by “preachy” boring but well meaning men/women like him. People nowadays only want to hear “interesting” things they like said by “interesting” people. Nobody wants their minds challenged by boring preaching which holds a wealth of truth in it.

      Yes, it’s just morality, but still people don’t get, whether they believe in God or not. Wonder why?
      Because a lot of people love only themselves, and worship money that helps them fashion their life on their own selfish way.
      Talking about religion- All mainstream Religions we’re Hijacked a long time ago by power hungry rulers(whether of a country /religious institutions.) and they twist it for their own Profit.
      I agree with you that USA Is not exactly a democracy in the truest sense. People are supposed to choose between two gangs of thieves who uses faith in a religion or lack there of on either side as a tool to weaponize their political scam and fool people to believe in their crap. And the election methodology is also flawed aaand the president has too much power and so on..

      If by “reinventing” democracy with modern technology you mean some new form of electing leaders that is unacceptable. The problem is that technology no matter how advanced will eventually be hijacked by people with the means to do. Then the choice will be taken away from the people completely.
      But I am definitely for using tech to “monitor the performance” of representatives elected “manually”. We need some for of physical way of electing leaders to maintain that human bonding and responsibility we have to our country. Otherwise it will just become another internet Game.

      Thank you for the reading. Have a nice day and God bless

    • Richard C

      May 26, 2019 at 4:04 am

      +Georgy Thomas Who said anything about leaders or representatives? I’m from the UK & don’t believe in any god thanks.

  30. P A

    May 25, 2019 at 8:42 pm

    I’m ready for a direct democracy form of government. I value taking the middleman out of politics.

  31. Leonidas666

    May 25, 2019 at 9:43 pm

    The word “religion” in there is doing more harm than good imo.

  32. bootdog

    May 25, 2019 at 9:52 pm

    revive? what is the alternative to democracy? there really isnt one for me.

  33. Corey Maze

    May 25, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    DEMOCRACY means two things – ENSLAVEMENT & NEW WORLD ORDER!?!
    That’s the reason why the Forefathers made USA a REPUBLIC from the beginning?! That is why, in the Pledge of Allegiance, they put in – “And to the REPUBLIC”,✊?

  34. Michael Schmitt

    May 26, 2019 at 1:59 am

    What’s so great about Democracy ? Capitalism made America great, not democracy.

  35. Sokami Mashibe

    May 26, 2019 at 3:16 am

    Answer: Ignore reality.

  36. 10 Yangdai

    May 26, 2019 at 4:25 am

    好蠢,將虛幻的概念像屎一樣覆蓋本質。

  37. Thea Du Toit

    May 26, 2019 at 6:16 am

    “I have no illusions”, I’m just like, you know, going against knowledge because postmodernism rules!

  38. Arch Angel X

    May 26, 2019 at 7:03 am

    Revive our democracy by voting Trump 2020! ??

  39. Yang Lu

    May 26, 2019 at 7:19 am

    Please don’t confuse freedom and democracy. Just because someone lives in a democracy does NOT mean they have freedom, and vise versa. In this capitalist world, freedom can be bought using money. The richest in North Korea live in high-rises in central Pyongyang and enjoy the same materialistic trappings just like the richest anywhere.

  40. Idog carlson

    May 26, 2019 at 7:51 am

    the us is not a democracy it never was! we are a republic, A democracy is a mob rule were any one can be burned at the stake. Democracy is anarchy! not freedom!

    • Blackmadmonk

      May 26, 2019 at 3:22 pm

      The United States is a Republic in which the mode of attaining roles of public leadership is democracy. A democracy is a political process in which the citizens exercise political power through voting. There are many types of democracy, the US uses representative democracy.

  41. Zach Guo

    May 26, 2019 at 8:25 am

    Good point about ‘civic religion’. It explains why democracy always sounds a bit like unicorn to me…. Too good to be true.

  42. Alexjkz

    May 26, 2019 at 9:47 am

    Mah

  43. Bazo0ka

    May 26, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    BORING

  44. DURMUŞ BAYSAL

    May 26, 2019 at 12:12 pm

    The brainless civilization that sinks the world but at the same time sends satellite to Mars.
    Crazy civilization melting polar ice.
    Civilization invented and discovered nuclear weapons that could destroy mankind not only once but also thousands of times.
    The civilization of sin, rebellion and pleasure!

    FELLOW DWELLERS OF THE EARTH;
    My name is Eight Billion,
    I contain an angel and a devil struggling inside,
    The face I dress varies to survive,
    Always hungry for power, never enough to content,
    I look for “inner peace” whilst consumed by grudge,
    For sons, for daughters, for the self, please be advised, there long existed the new code, aside,
    Let’s consider having an appointment with the best stylist for a change,
    Experience, how exceptionally would you look better reflecting the best,
    Thus, if you manage to change yourself, repenting for good,
    The place called Earth might turn into Heaven, I assure,
    It is me, it is you, it is us will power to CHANGE.

    Please choose diffrent languages options.

  45. nosirrbro

    May 26, 2019 at 2:06 pm

    A nice idea, but a fruitless grasp at the lack of power of the people in our heavily flawed democracy.

  46. BBfanfun

    May 26, 2019 at 2:16 pm

    this presentation is so wrong. going forward with what he proposed will create MORE problems that can be solved.
    SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE. get informed, get educated, understand why it’s necessary (history repeating ?)
    there is no “civic religion”. it’s two distinct entities. ->yes, “spirit” does exist outside of religion; but “civics” needs to be pragmatic, concrete & objective. religion tends to be the opposite. there’s also dogma, that benefits no one (long term)

    in America, freedom of religion has become akin to mental illness. You don’t want charia law (…) but insist on religious fundementalist value being written into law .

    The paradigm has become too great. The empire is in decline. this proposed confusion is just going to accelerate the demise.

    ALL religion is a spiritual crutch. it can help you stand-up when you cannot alone(but most humans have stood for centuries without it), give you a sense of community(generally at the expense of civil society) & calms elders to the inevitability of death.(when spirit permanently escapes earthly law ?)

    APOSTASY in civics is probably the better choice. because of dumb discourse like this, it will obviously become the only choice.

  47. David Fischer, NMT

    May 26, 2019 at 2:51 pm

    Democracy never works. That is why the U.S. is a constitutional republic. A constitutional republic works. The U.S. is breaking under “mob rule”. Just more bad advertising.

    • Mike C

      May 26, 2019 at 3:50 pm

      It worked for the Greeks,
      Mob rule is a lie the status quo tell you to create minority rule.
      They don’t want a majority of people with choice.

  48. Mike C

    May 26, 2019 at 3:32 pm

    I can’t believe all the people in the comments section who are totally against democratic rule
    or choice.
    They are either critical that people are capable of making informed choices or believe a small
    Minority is more capable of making such choices.
    Yet if this were true the world would be a utopia under monarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship or some
    Other minority ruling tradition.
    SMH

    • Leo

      May 27, 2019 at 3:34 pm

      We are amidst an authoritarian resurgence all around the world, of course they come en mass to dislike something that completely contradicts their worldview.

  49. A esquerda é o que ela faz pelo mundo.

    May 26, 2019 at 3:46 pm

    It’s simple: Go live in Cuba, Russia or Venezuela.

  50. Blackmadmonk

    May 26, 2019 at 4:36 pm

    Lots of people confused about Republic and democracy. The US is a Republic in which the elected leadership is chosen through a process of democracy. Meaning that the citizens exercise their political power through the democratic process of voting. The US specifically is a Republic which uses the process of representative democracy. Meaning, citizens vote for representatives (electoral college) which will then vote to elect the president. In the US do the citizens vote? Yes (barely). Then it’s a democracy. The US is a Republic witn a federal government state structure and uses democracy as it’s political electoral process (in theory).

  51. Blackmadmonk

    May 26, 2019 at 4:36 pm

    Lots of people in the comment section are confused about republic and democracy. The US is a republic in which the elected leadership is chosen through the process of democracy. Meaning that the citizens exercise their political power through the democratic process of voting. The US specifically is a republic which uses the process of representative democracy. Meaning, citizens vote for representatives (electoral college) which will then vote to elect the president. In the US, do the citizens vote? Yes (barely), then it’s a democracy. The US is a republic with a federal states government structure and uses democracy as it’s political electoral process (in theory).

    • Blackmadmonk

      May 27, 2019 at 6:17 am

      Federal democratic republic. Hence why in the US two party system there is a Republican Party (1854) and a Democratic Party (1828). Two sides of the same coin, it is a sort of tribute. Not sure if they intended it that way.

  52. Grandaizer KSA

    May 26, 2019 at 6:32 pm

    Worest video ever in TED

  53. Greg Mauchline

    May 26, 2019 at 6:40 pm

    Democracy, two foxes and a chicken deciding what to eat . The United States is a republic, well it’s supposed to be anyways

    • Ruhrpottpatriot

      May 27, 2019 at 12:28 pm

      Democracy and republic are not mutually exclusive. Republic is the form of government, democracy is the form of rule.

    • Greg Mauchline

      May 27, 2019 at 12:51 pm

      That’s not correct. It really peeves me at the level of people that don’t understand the difference.

    • Ruhrpottpatriot

      May 27, 2019 at 1:28 pm

      +Greg Mauchline It is correct. Germany for example is a democracy and a republic.

      A republic describes the form of rule where personnel is elected for a period of time, as opposed to inheritance.
      However, the term republic does not specify how these people got into power. This can be through democracy (the western model), but also through oligarchy or autocracy.
      H. G. Bohn writes in “The Standard Library Cyclopedia of Political, Constitutional, Statistical and Forensic Knowledge” on p.640 that “A republic, according to the modern usage of the word, signifies a political community which is not under monarchical government […] in which one person does not possess the entire sovereign power.”

      Democracy on the other hand describes a system where the citizens exercise power by voting. It’s not specified on what they vote, however. It can be on all things like in Switzerland, or only a parliament (Germany/the US). How far “Democracy” goes, depends on the definition of the Demos itself. In classical Athens it was every male person, who was a descendant of two citizens and had fulfilled conscription.

      Therefore an elective monarchy can be a democracy, if the people (depending on definition) vote for their monarch. See the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth between 1573 and 1795, where over 500000 nobles voted for their ruler, or the papal conclaves as the two primary examples.

    • Greg Mauchline

      May 27, 2019 at 2:54 pm

      Read the founders views on democracy. They knew the shortfalls of it and had no intention on founding one. The Constitution established the purpose of the govt and all laws must be within those boundaries regardless of what the masses want. I’m a democracy 51 percent decide for everybody. That’s only good for you if you’re in the 51 percentile.

    • Ruhrpottpatriot

      May 27, 2019 at 3:19 pm

      +Greg Mauchline And that’s a typically American way of looking onto this thing. But sorry to break it to you. Your view is not the norm on this field, far from it.
      Yes pure democracy is two wolves and a sheep discussing what to have for lunch. That’s why human rights and minority protection exists.

      However, as ancient Rome clearly showed, a Republic is not infallible in it’s protection against demagogues (nor is democracy as ancient Athens showed). Caesar came into office because in his triumvirate he combined oratory skills with money and military power.
      He stayed in power because of his popularity and all but abolished the republic (which his son, Octavianus, finished).

      The US says it’s not a “Democracy”, but it is one. More specifically it’s a constitutional democratic federal (union) republic.
      – Constitutional, because the written constitution limits and grants the power of office.
      – Democratic, because the Demos (people) decide what to do in elections and votes
      – Federal (union), because the states have decided to grant power to a central government, but are de jure still sovereign subjects
      – Republic, because people are elected into office and don’t inherit them.

      You mix thins, when they can clearly be defined as their own terms. Or as Wikipedia puts it:
      Democracy is the “power source” (or “how many”), constitutional republic is the “power ideology” and federalism is the “power structure”.

      Some Examples:
      – France is a democratic unitary republic
      – The USSR was an autocratic (one-party), federal republic
      – China is a autocratic (one-party) unitary republic
      – Saudi-Arabia is an autocratic (one king) unitary monarchy

    • Greg Mauchline

      May 28, 2019 at 9:48 am

      +Ruhrpottpatriot you using Wikipedia as your source of knowledge explains your lack of it. If you’ll read the writings of the founding fathers of this country you will see that they had no intention founding a democracy.

    • Ruhrpottpatriot

      May 28, 2019 at 10:48 am

      +Greg Mauchline it doesn’t matter what the founding fathers intended. If I call the sky green, it still is blue. I used Wikipedia to make it easier understandable. I don’t have the muse to translate the books I used in my studies of the laws at a German university.

      Democracy, as can be read in Marian-Webster, is defined as “a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections”.
      A democracy needn’t be direct as in Switzerland for example, it can also be indirect. The US is an indirect democracy.

      You mix up Constitutionalism, Republic and Democracy. It’s Constitutionalism which limits the power of the elected representatives, not the Republic.

  54. J Hammond

    May 26, 2019 at 6:52 pm

    I don’t like Democracy. The founders did not like Democracy. Hence, we do not have one.

  55. ThePresentation010

    May 26, 2019 at 7:55 pm

    Asian guy talks Democracy lmao. I guess North Korean has the best model after all it is the ‘Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’. Wheres a white person when you need one.

    • Aaron Rosenberg

      May 26, 2019 at 9:26 pm

      He’s American. His parents were born in China. North Korea?

      “Where’s a white person when you need one?”

      You actually said that. Oh, my.

    • ThePresentation010

      May 26, 2019 at 9:32 pm

      +Aaron Rosenberg America is a nation, he holds American Citizenship, but is an Asian male. The only American race is the Native American, or its mix: Hispanics. Only whites have Democratic nations. If we talking Democracy, bring out the whites.

    • Aaron Rosenberg

      May 26, 2019 at 9:42 pm

      +ThePresentation010
      Citizenship is not determined by your race. He is an American citizen.

      You have a bone to pick, but I’m sure you’ll need to dig deeper to figure out what it is. You won’t be telling us anytime soon – that much is obvious.

      Ciaou.

    • ThePresentation010

      May 26, 2019 at 9:48 pm

      +Aaron Rosenberg citizenship is determined by paperwork of the territory you live in. Race is determined by bloodline. Like I said, he is Asian. And his citizenship is American, whether its naturalized or through the courts. I take it you dont know what citizenship is.

      A black man is still a black man if he is born in Japan, not a Japanese man. He has no Japanese DNA at all, sjw assclown. Being born on particular land doesnt make you that race. You may acquire citizenship of the land though.

    • Aaron Rosenberg

      May 27, 2019 at 12:43 pm

      +ThePresentation010 Your initial comment was, “Asian guy talks Democracy lmao.” You tried to disparage him, thinking him ignorant of the American democratic process because of his Asian race. You implied that he was not an American citizen without saying it outright.

      But, you failed, didn’t you?

      I’m sure you would not have the same racist reaction were you unable to see his face .

      Again, you have a bone to pick with someone. We can’t know who. Perhaps it’s with everybody except “white people.” Good luck with that.

  56. Kurt Anderson

    May 26, 2019 at 8:09 pm

    Canon

  57. Peter Clark

    May 26, 2019 at 10:00 pm

    He is addressing the core issue. An interested, concerned electorate when most of us are more interested and concerned with our career, our family, our community or our private interests. What we could use is a simplified, even profound, democracy, designed around human realities, which cannot be corrupted, except by mass corruption.
    To get there. Apply the KISS principle.

    If we can build up to the following we will have created an unbreakable democracy. The pinned post and its primary comments (II – VII) for the gist of the idea. (10 minutes reading)

  58. BoBo Mill Tv

    May 26, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    There is no freedom 😉 there is only an illusion of the such ha ha– read Plato and his The Allegory of the Cave   🙂

  59. asmacarthur

    May 26, 2019 at 11:55 pm

    Simple. Support the results even when the candidate you voted for loses.

  60. Michael Fernández

    May 27, 2019 at 12:16 am

    This guy owns a Civic

  61. elcio antonio da costa costa

    May 27, 2019 at 12:24 am

    Grande Eric Liu.

  62. will liam

    May 27, 2019 at 4:35 am

    Why do all the applause and cheers of ted talks sound the same?
    Canned applause? Cmon

  63. will liam

    May 27, 2019 at 4:38 am

    So it shld be community based … Hmmm…. Sounds like communism to me

    • John Waters

      May 27, 2019 at 7:47 pm

      Bunkers and bonkers also sound alike but are completely unrelated.

  64. walperstyle

    May 27, 2019 at 7:09 am

    “Belief”. There it is. The key word. Congrats, you replaced church with church of the government. Quickly now, go vote harder while they all pay themselves first. Yes, including Bernie

  65. Tobias Wilfert

    May 27, 2019 at 2:20 pm

    Sounds like communism with some extra steps in between XD

  66. MENTAL NUTSHELL

    May 27, 2019 at 2:45 pm

    democracy is quiet dumb if people are dumb

  67. yehoutube

    May 27, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    This video proved democracy is fallen

  68. Hu Bruce

    May 28, 2019 at 4:38 am

    I don’t like this topic, what is democracy? America has strong democracy? China doesn’t have? absolutely not!

  69. stickerbomb moto

    May 28, 2019 at 6:23 am

    We don’t need to revive democracy in America we need to revive our republic…

  70. Hugoomi Philosophy후구미 철학TV

    May 28, 2019 at 8:41 am

    Hmmmm….

  71. Dice G

    May 28, 2019 at 10:23 am

    大量充斥情感化的泛泛而谈但缺少具体实施细节的演讲仅对煽动听众有利,听完后感觉他在想屁吃

  72. mhtinla

    May 28, 2019 at 4:20 pm

    Democracy should not be a “CIVIC RELIGION”. It should be a “CIVIC LOGIC”. We don’t practice democracy because there’s some creed. We do it because it is the best, or the least bad, system one can find so far.

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Welcome to the “Auntieverse” — a surreal tribute to “auntie culture” by artist Niceaunties, inspired by the spirit of the women who care for each other and their families. From sushi-bedecked cars with legs to hot tub baths full of ramen, Niceaunties shares a visual feast that fuses AI and imagination and celebrates the eccentric,…

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Welcome to the “Auntieverse” — a surreal tribute to “auntie culture” by artist Niceaunties, inspired by the spirit of the women who care for each other and their families. From sushi-bedecked cars with legs to hot tub baths full of ramen, Niceaunties shares a visual feast that fuses AI and imagination and celebrates the eccentric, vibrant world of aunties with reverence and awe.

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How to Be an Active Citizen and Spark Change | Gabriel Marmentini | TED

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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