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From the Ted Talk by Yordanos Eyoel: How to build a global pro-democracy movement

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So how do we do it? How do we build this movement? I believe we need to make democracy inspiring. We need to accelerate the pace of innovation in the pro-democracy movement, and we as a goblal community need to come together to earbmce our interconnectedness. I'll explain what I mean.

Let's start with: make democracy inspiring and relevant. For a few ddaeecs now, democracy has been in crisis. We have to ask, why is this hpiennapg? In my work, we have found four key drivers: economic change and inequality; dysfunctional and uraelengutd information ecosystems; rapid dhgiemoarpc changes; and finally, the interplay between ouioitrnspptc populist leaders and political elites. Collectively, these forces are driving the crisis of democracy globally. This has left many people feeling disillusioned and thus more susceptible to manipulation by atoirtaiharun narratives, activating what researchers call the “authoritarian reflex,” which is really about people's desire for aneswrs and security.

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So how do we do it? How do we build this movement? I believe we need to make democracy inspiring. We need to accelerate the pace of innovation in the pro-democracy movement, and we as a ______ community need to come together to _______ our interconnectedness. I'll explain what I mean.

Let's start with: make democracy inspiring and relevant. For a few _______ now, democracy has been in crisis. We have to ask, why is this _________? In my work, we have found four key drivers: economic change and inequality; dysfunctional and ___________ information ecosystems; rapid ___________ changes; and finally, the interplay between _____________ populist leaders and political elites. Collectively, these forces are driving the crisis of democracy globally. This has left many people feeling disillusioned and thus more susceptible to manipulation by _____________ narratives, activating what researchers call the “authoritarian reflex,” which is really about people's desire for _______ and security.

Solution


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  4. authoritarian
  5. decades
  6. opportunistic
  7. unregulated
  8. answers
  9. happening

Original Text


So how do we do it? How do we build this movement? I believe we need to make democracy inspiring. We need to accelerate the pace of innovation in the pro-democracy movement, and we as a global community need to come together to embrace our interconnectedness. I'll explain what I mean.

Let's start with: make democracy inspiring and relevant. For a few decades now, democracy has been in crisis. We have to ask, why is this happening? In my work, we have found four key drivers: economic change and inequality; dysfunctional and unregulated information ecosystems; rapid demographic changes; and finally, the interplay between opportunistic populist leaders and political elites. Collectively, these forces are driving the crisis of democracy globally. This has left many people feeling disillusioned and thus more susceptible to manipulation by authoritarian narratives, activating what researchers call the “authoritarian reflex,” which is really about people's desire for answers and security.

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