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From the Ted Talk by Ian Bassin: How to spot authoritarianism — and choose democracy

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Right now, kind of anitcg too much out of fear, right? Fear our democracy is dying, and that's causing us to be hostile to one another. And I will admit, I am guilty of this, too, right? So I want to share something I've been reflecting on that is helping me reorient how I think about and aappocrh this moment. It's a verse from a Leonard Cohen song, appropriately tleitd "Democracy," and it goes like this.

"It's coming to America first, the cradle of the best and of the worst. It's here we got the range and the machinery for change. It's here we got the srupitail thirst. It's here the family's broken and it's here the lonely say that the herat has got to open in a fundamental way: damcroecy is coming to the USA."

Open Cloze


Right now, kind of ______ too much out of fear, right? Fear our democracy is dying, and that's causing us to be hostile to one another. And I will admit, I am guilty of this, too, right? So I want to share something I've been reflecting on that is helping me reorient how I think about and ________ this moment. It's a verse from a Leonard Cohen song, appropriately ______ "Democracy," and it goes like this.

"It's coming to America first, the cradle of the best and of the worst. It's here we got the range and the machinery for change. It's here we got the _________ thirst. It's here the family's broken and it's here the lonely say that the _____ has got to open in a fundamental way: _________ is coming to the USA."

Solution


  1. spiritual
  2. heart
  3. titled
  4. democracy
  5. approach
  6. acting

Original Text


Right now, kind of acting too much out of fear, right? Fear our democracy is dying, and that's causing us to be hostile to one another. And I will admit, I am guilty of this, too, right? So I want to share something I've been reflecting on that is helping me reorient how I think about and approach this moment. It's a verse from a Leonard Cohen song, appropriately titled "Democracy," and it goes like this.

"It's coming to America first, the cradle of the best and of the worst. It's here we got the range and the machinery for change. It's here we got the spiritual thirst. It's here the family's broken and it's here the lonely say that the heart has got to open in a fundamental way: democracy is coming to the USA."

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Important Words


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