How to Build a Global Pro-Democracy Movement | Yordanos Eyoel | TED

"Democracy is the most compelling vision we have for self-governance," says freedom advocate Yordanos Eyoel. Taking a stand against predatory and opportunist authoritarian forces, she shares how to reimagine, accelerate and protect the pro-democracy movement - to build societies that are both functional and inclusive.
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[@nuppyup]

Innovative Pro-Democracy movements are already all over the world. Glad to hear this today. May the light of reason grow and prevail. Thank you for this inspiring talk.

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[@ClockworkAvatar]

you make democracy actually effective, term limits, actually scrutinize your politicians and remove the money from politics. anyone who really wants to be in charge probably shouldn't be.

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[@raduandreiq]

Such an insightful video! 🤩

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[@shawkigahrani9589]

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Ted..♥ Thank you for every smile Thank you for every moment Thank you for every memory Our promise still stands, connecting minds creating the future..!

[@luzmarianapinedaromero7337]

Very nice talk, you’re totally right ❤️

[@harrypearle9781]

"Democracy" song of Leonard Cohen, 1992 : "Democracy is coming to the USA" Leonard Cohen predicted a new democracy movement, 30 years ago (Perhaps songs, like, Democracy, Blownin in the Wind, If I Had a Hammer, can help) ========================================================================

[@dameanvil]

0:16 🌍 Childhood disrupted by a coup in Ethiopia during a 17-year civil war. 1:04 🧒 Realization of the political significance of ethnic identities in second grade. 3:29 💬 Four key drivers of the democracy crisis: economic change, dysfunctional information ecosystems, demographic changes, and opportunistic leaders. 4:37 📖 To make democracy inspiring, tell a compelling and practical narrative that addresses root ideas. 6:10 🤝 Examples of ordinary people creating compelling pro-democracy narratives to unite communities. 6:39 🚀 Need to accelerate innovation in the pro-democracy movement to counter authoritarian tactics. 9:37 🤝 Break silos in the pro-democracy movement, learn from global innovations, and build transnational networks. 10:00 🌐 Embrace interconnectedness as a global community to counter polarization and promote democracy. 11:26 ⚖ Choose between innovation for oppression or liberation, recognizing historical examples of both. 11:34 🌍 Reject isolationism and be locally rooted while remaining globally connected.

[@vooteimer1234]

i.e. how to manufacture consent

[@tka-tpa-prapatankalisari45192]

For your solidarity, we say THANK YOU! We need your re-actions..!

[@harrypearle9781]

DEMOCRACY song of Leonard Cohen, 1992 : "Democracy is coming to the USA" Leonard Cohen predicted a new democracy movement, 30 years ago (Perhaps songs, like, DEMOCRACY, BLOWIN' IN THE WIND, IF I HAD A HAMMER, can help)

[@rosangapachuau7841]

In Democracy, we elect leaders with a hope that they will fulfill our dreams. But once the people whom we elected are in power, we the people are always fooled by them. That's why, though not 100% correct, I believe that whether in Autocracy, Democracy, Theocracy,etc, the success of a nation is deeply rooted in the person who rules country. If that person was honest and is filled with a great sense of justice, the country may progress.

[@nerd26373]

The Philippines has been craving to be a federal country for quite some time. I keep seeing memes all over the net insinuating that it's gonna turn out to be The United States of The Philippines if ever this pro-federalism political movement pushes through. I guess in some way I'm all in. A hundred percent. Imagine how much it's gonna impact our politics, economy, and other factors that contribute to the overall 'construction' of Filipino society.

[@rayjan_29]

Are you willing to grant more power to political dynasties?

[@chrisalex001]

This is a very important topic so I'll ask, how do you define democracy? Who would promote (decoded = lead - [decoded = control]) democracy globally as these platforms begin to expand? What do you mean by institutions, only political, or also educational? Do you perceive or believe that political and educational institutions are without faults? That last question does not imply that I like the anarchist, gun violence filled mentality that most Americans subscribe to, just to clarify. What ideology guides the ideas and thoughts these platforms will incite in individuals? As a political scientist, you know extremely well that constituents and simply most people neither have the inclination, education, or the capacity to properly use tools to enact any true kind of democratic participation in society, not in the true sense. Any denial of that is deliberately deceptive on your part. If all you are referring to is promoting ending discrimination of minority groups and gender, I can get behind that. However, when speaking about the entire world, things do get far more complex and questions need answering. Please define pro-democracy after defining Democracy itself. You understand very well that power dynamics in the world are far more sinister and complicated than mere platforms can dissolve. Therefore, your message reads more like a propaganda to expand a leftist point of view of the world under the umbrella of democracy (leftists indicated in the omission of what you did not say, please don't insult my intelligence by denying that [and I'm not referring to Trump, screw him. I'm referring to the fact that you did not clarify who the authoritarian class is). Few people in history are more disqualified from becoming president than Donald Trump, and propagating fear is also a very well know tactic that conservatives and Libertarians in particular love to employ. When you mentioned Authoritarian groups, however, are you referring to them, or to the elites that lobby those political parties? I ask because Political Scientists love to come up with creative terms like Command Economy to refer to what they deem the poor handling of a Communist State in places like Cuba. However, in reality it is important to be direct and precise in what your language describes because without precision, very important things are left out like for example, would the world be truly democratic if unbalanced voices are simply cancelled until they hopefully disappear, or would it create more polarity and backlash years later, as Trump has evidenced with his mere presence in the political sphere and ex-presidency. I understand that this comment is pointless here on youtube since you probably won't read it, but I guess I'm lazy and just wanted to respond here. I hope it is clear that I am not a radical leftists or on the radical right. I, however, have been vaccinated against the propagation of ideals without substance, eloquent beautiful proposals that hide many things beneath. The only reason I even considered writing this one big question of a message is that you are also an economist. So here is my big question in simple plain language: What do you mean by democracy and the act of being pro-democratic? What train of thought is going to lead people in their democratic quest, particularly in placed that have no history of democracy, of even the very concept itself? The answer is not simply common sense. You know very well that no ideology is totally absent of fallacies and absolutist projections for the ideal society. The real world asks us to make things work by asking questions and answering them. That, I believe is the true foundation of any democratic system. Most of humanity isn't even truly ready to do that clearly and objectively yet. Therefore, your whole presentation raises further questions, like Hermes from Futurama would say. Again, what are you truly promoting here? This question is not coming from the right to try to disprove or belittle the left. And I know that such terms are also distasteful in political scientists circles. They see themselves as far more sophisticated and eloquent than that. However, as soon as I watched this video I wondered many things because you are literally saying nothing at all specifically.

[@zinanxiao3231]

Sir/Madam, as I 16-year-old teenager, I really want to express my appreciation of your insightful comment. You have sparked my reflection upon democracy and the prevailing but hollowed slogan of eliminating discrimination and authoritarianism. I hope that you would keep sharing your views on various social issues, our world needs your voice.

[@stevejordan7275]

Wow! Yes! Sign me up! Wait...no action items? No Next Steps? Not even a web domain? Guess I'll have to do my own research.

[@dimadimov382]

thanks

[@MAchannel2024]

What does democracy mean? As an American, I don’t believe we have one here.

[@stevejordan7275]

@@geoffreyallenperdue Yup. The problem is the influence that money has acquired. Citizens United, Moore, etc. Still, we went to the moon while fighting an unjust war in Viet Nam. We fought in - and helped win - WWII before Civil Rights got noticed. We're making progress, but we're on the edge of Utopia or Oblivion. We'd best do what we can while we can. Like helping Yordanos Eyoel.

[@skroftruth]

If people don't feel like they can trust the results of an election, how do we ensure that democracy is truly being protected?

[@user-bb7zv9ut8q]

Какая разница кто будет выбран? То что имеет значение это способность избирателей уволить допустившего критическую ошибку представителя власти.

[@BadLuckFPV]

Promote education. People who are educated in critical thinking make better voters, activists, counselors and politicians. The longer it's been that more highly educated people are involved in politics the better that democracy will be.

[@HavojonNormatova]

Cool😊

[@aldovalkovich755]

👏👏👏

[@harrypearle9781]

DEMOCRACY song of Leonard Cohen, 1992 : "Democracy is coming to the USA" Leonard Cohen predicted a new democracy movement, 30 years ago (Perhaps songs, like, DEMOCRACY, BLOWIN' IN THE WIND, IF I HAD A HAMMER, can help) ========================================================================

[@johnf906]

Great 👍 my Ethiopian sister

[@craigbrowning9448]

I assume the terms Authoritarian and "Authoritorian" are interchangeable?

[@mariaantoniettamontella9173]

condivido👏

[@barbarahunc1357]

'Democracy is a verb, not a noun' Human civilization was build upon cooperation not fear.

[@trnogger]

I am a huge fan of modern democracy (duh) but it's a bit frustrating that after our world went through several revolutionary changes to communication and society we still haven't come up with something better. The ideologies running our world are all from a time when most people had only minimal access to information or education, where communication was mostly limited to the people living nearby and the vast majority of people were earning their livelihood on farms or in factories. Today we are living in a world where people all over the world can read this comment a few seconds after I post it, where I can see people from the other side of the world giving TED Talks and a vast majority of people (in developed countries at least) have received a level of education that would have made you one of the most knowledgeable person around when these ideologies appeared. And maybe that's why democracy is falling apart everywhere. Maybe it is just to old for the world we live in.

[@LegendLength]

What could be better than letting everyone choose?

[@trnogger]

@@LegendLength We do not let everyone chose. We let people delegate their choices through votes, and then the people who have been voted for can do what they want for years, and the only way the might be held accountable is weather they are reelected or not. Meanwhile, these people voted in also do not represent everyone, but only the "majority". And even majority is questionable, as coalitions, several levels of delegation, zoning, etc. may distort the voting mechanisms to the point where the majority of citizens is not represented at all. Not to mention that non-citizens, who are subject to these decisions as much as citizens do not even get a vote.

[@LegendLength]

@@trnogger You didn't say what could be better though. Is me telling you how to vote better?

[@trnogger]

@@LegendLength Yeah well, if I knew how to fix democracy I wouldn't hang out on youtube. But that doesn't mean I am wrong in saying it could need an update. With all the technology we have today, maybe a technocracy based on constant opinion polls would be better. But it would have to be inoculated against populism. Or we could at least modernise the voting system to do away with all the registration and voting offices and all the other hurdles overcomplicating elections and instead use mobile devices to vote more frequently. Maybe we could break up the parties into interest groups that are voted in and out depending on what the currently most pressing issues are and how the public wants to handle it. And maybe in a decade or so, we can use constant opinion polling fed into government AIs to create policies that really consider everyone's opinion.

[@LegendLength]

@@trnogger They sound like interesting ideas but none of them are clearly better than the current system. And you agree there are potential risks with any of those new systems especially if they're tech based. The point is everyone loves to criticize democracy as if it's some kind of cult. But it's hard to point to a better system. If you take away voting because people are too dumb then you go down a direct path to fascism.

[@abdisamicyasin3034]

Like the democracy usa brought to iraq and Afghanistan.

[@abdisamicyasin3034]

@@geoffreyallenperdue even most pro west agree ... saddam Iraq Era was more stable and safer rather than now. There was no isis neither al qeada before 2003 in Iraq.

[@K4R3N]

Remember when USA the "greatest democracy" had slavery. And didn't give women rights either.

[@LegendLength]

​@@abdisamicyasin3034 Saddam prevented gay people from voting. How does that get factored into the "stable and safe" index?

[@zenisme02]

semangat

[@mkaupp2923]

‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’ Winston S Churchill, 11 November 1947

[@elmehdiezziar]

😎

[@rosemelania3156]

Democracy is now just theory and just in the imagination of most politicians (my opion only)

[@TheWasthereonce]

I'm not sure if global and pro-democracy are compatible.

[@vooteimer1234]

Then you will be removed.

[@basedbear1605]

Democracy = Communism. When the masses can dictate what you can do, that's demoncracy. FYI, the USA is NOT a democracy, thank God.

[@kentuckycrittercamera9407]

They are not. What the pretentious fools who give these ridiculous speeches want are a globalist “democracy” they can exploit for themselves. Anytime a populist movement happens these same people always try to stop it.

[@bretdaley6869]

As long as people want to be ruled you are probably right, but freedom and democracy are natural paths for evolution and as more people grow into conscious individuals more pressure will be applied on governments to acquiesce

[@TheWasthereonce]

@@bretdaley6869 I agree with you. But for me, the question is if countries can be autonomous in their decisions. In the TED talk, she speaks about the rise of authoritarianism, which is a concern. I guess the worry is if every country has similar government values and unites together on those values, a rise of an authoritarian in that scenario where countries are very interconnected could lead to disastrous consequences, like global totalitarianism. It's really a hypothetical scenario, but that's because it hasn't been completely tested before. I mean the TED talk speaker (and many others) can say authoritarianism is a problem, but if our response to it is "I just know better than they do, trust me instead", then the problem is not going to be addressed or resolved. The more important question is why are people seeking out authoritarian leaders? What needs are those leaders filling and what values do we need to teach people to replace those unmet needs and steer clear of authoritarianism?

[@sixvee5147]

“I accepted to come to this meeting to have a sober and mature conversation. I’m not in any way signing up to any discussion that is alarmist. There is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what’s going to achieve 1.5C.” - Sultan Al Jaber, President of COP 28, also CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Seems more and more likely, scenario SSP5-8.5 of the IPCC assessment may come to fruition (or at least the higher end of the spectrum). I say enjoy what you can, while you still can; pity the generations to come.

[@alex_nita]

Ok, wef sock

[@anonymoose-oUd2fcf]

She's not WEF, she's ADL, even worse.

[@MrSummerblade]

lol the tinfoil conspiracy bros have landed 😂

[@alex_nita]

@@MrSummerblade keep swallowing, smart sock

[@paulschultz2751]

Anti democratic threats such as arresting your political opponents on trumpeted up charges? No pun intended. Or forcing private citizens to take an experimental product line or lose their jobs? Or forcing private businesses to censor and ban opposition voices on large platforms? Are those the threats you are concerned about?

[@GGGGrkdiskwhhwjjdhdjd]

Single digit iq

[@truhhhhhhhokIII3]

I agree with everything she is saying…except it’s Authoritarian…not Authoritorian and it was bothering me so much. Its not even her accent, it just isnt spelt that way nor phonetically

[@karenreaves3650]

Blacks Law definition of Democracy is Monarchy.

[@MrSummerblade]

The Law Dictionary: ‘That form of government in which the sovereign power resides in and is exercised by the whole body of free citizens; as distinguished from a monarchy,aristocracy, or oligarchy.’ Black’s is about a century out of date. Read some history anyway, from the reforms of Cleisthenes in 509BC onwards

[@guim_freitas]

Democracy won't create demagogues if youth leaders are all from Great Universities in which scenarios they'll apply relevant political science and sociology models.

[@tobiasrengev2323]

My dream is for people in Russia(i live here) to start striving for real democracy.

[@Heynmffc]

Wild take: let’s leave people alone and let them do them 🧍🏿‍♂️, crazy I know

[@oldmennewgames]

You need to be president in whatever country you Come from. Best idea ever.

[@jegerslvjegers5380]

That was UK strategy with Germany before WW2 ("sleeping policy"). Look what happened. Ones not learning from History are deemed to repeat it.

[@tomihercla5420]

Hola vengo a avisar noHola vengo a avisar que le hackearon el canal a tercioresumenes (no sé si lo conocen) hace poco porque de repente elimino todos sus video y eso vengo a informar por su alguien puede ayudar. Fue robado y se convirtió en este canal

[@Juca_Maciel]

I am from Brazil and I sad: Bolsonaro was the horst thing for the brazilian democracy. Lula, is not a new Nelson Mandela, but was necessary for our democracy.

[@oseiriddleson5828]

In your openion

[@hyukheo830]

No way

[@haoshanduan6314]

Does that mean color revolution 😂?

[@sjman7952]

Pro-Democracy? Can anyone define 'Democracy' for me? Is the USA's a democracy? Have the needs and wants of Americans been served by American democracy? The speaker had the galls to admit democracy today is 'not perfect'; but it was simply an attempt to deflect and mislead. Can she honestly answer on the spectrum of imperfect to perfect, at which point is democracy 'good enough'? And who has the authority to decide the point of 'good enough'? Joe Biden or Donald Trump? What about Ebrahim Raisi - does he have the right to determine an Iranian democracy that's good enough?

[@maikelvane5185]

Lol, “Bringing democracy.” I guess some countries in the world have their doubts.

[@basedbear1605]

As they should. Thank God the USA isn't a demoncracy.

[@worldtotheend]

So you are from Ethiopia. You come to America and then says the answer is Democracy? I think you should travel to more countries and learn world history a bit more from different angles. Even the UNSC voting is hopeless. I thought TED should have brought non-mainstream and thought provoking ideas into light. I missed TED talk in the past.

[@Mr.mathias693]

Ummm absolutely not.

[@MartinMartin-yi9to]

Democraty doesn't work. Look what happens in Canada and the USA. They have very low voting and they vote between the same 2 opponent parties over and over again. So........democraty doesn't work.

[@grdfhrghrggrtwqqu]

ted needs to stop being woke, this is just laughable at this point

[@denizdix]

If "being democratic" is woke, then I guess I'll become woke, too.

[@michaelpuckett6612]

Shh, trump 2024

[@villagecpa]

Maybe start in the U.S. and STOP banning people you don’t like from being on the ballot. Just something to think about as you are lecturing everyone about “Democracy”…