How to have hope for American democracy | Sharon McMahon | TEDxBillings

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@lindasteger7207
@lindasteger7207 Күн бұрын
We still do not know if this is going to work out Nov 5 2024 12:10 pm cst Hope is a choice. To actualize it requires mutual respect, actual facts, and pure of heart.
@potato9832
@potato9832 16 сағат бұрын
I'm from the future. It in fact, did not work out. Putin won the election.
@storytimewithauntiekatie
@storytimewithauntiekatie 5 сағат бұрын
Hope filled and hopeful. Thank you Sharon for inspiring change by choosing to see the good in others, instead of othering others. Thank you for elevating the power of choosing hope, and how it is a power we can all claim. Thank you!
@timetowakeup6302
@timetowakeup6302 Күн бұрын
“If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let you do it.”
@janetslicer3637
@janetslicer3637 20 сағат бұрын
Whose quote is that? And why would you repeat it? Just wondering.
@timetowakeup6302
@timetowakeup6302 20 сағат бұрын
@ Mark Twain.
@janetslicer3637
@janetslicer3637 19 сағат бұрын
​@@timetowakeup6302Thank you, I appreciate it.
@Нина-э3р
@Нина-э3р 16 сағат бұрын
@joeldheath
@joeldheath 6 сағат бұрын
That's the thing though, in red states, they go out of their way to prevent people from voting.
@vcello6450
@vcello6450 Күн бұрын
I could use some hope, as long as it's realistic.
@stayhappylittlemermaid
@stayhappylittlemermaid Күн бұрын
You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible
@gingerstyrsky
@gingerstyrsky Сағат бұрын
This came out at the perfect time. Thanks for the history lesson and the encouragement.
@bradcogley8146
@bradcogley8146 Күн бұрын
“How to have hope for American democracy” change it🤔
@vcello6450
@vcello6450 Күн бұрын
This totally missed the mark.
@shivershins3730
@shivershins3730 Күн бұрын
Happy Election Day USA
@potato9832
@potato9832 16 сағат бұрын
You mean "Happy Putin" day?
@shivershins3730
@shivershins3730 16 сағат бұрын
@ unfortunately yes
@towritemichelle210
@towritemichelle210 Күн бұрын
I thought this was excellent
@737ngJR
@737ngJR 22 сағат бұрын
With that voice she should be making asmr videos
@سارهالدوعاني
@سارهالدوعاني Күн бұрын
I am your sister from Yemen, and by Allah I only spoke out of hunger and distress. My mother, my brothers, and I lessons and tears. We are in a situation that only God knows about. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best disposer of affairs for those who brought us to this situation. By Allah Almighty, I did not write this appeal out of distress and distress. Poverty, O world, they have felt it So, I hope for you. By Allah Almighty, Lord of the Great Throne, he ate what I had in the house. By Allah, my brothers, he is my brothers by sitting in the house. Who has no food? By God, we are in a very difficult situation. We have 6 people entering the house, and my father has died, and there is no one who can depend on us and who lives in it.We live in a rented house because we cannot pay the rent we owe. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''' My brother, my first words are: I swear to God that I will not lie to you or deceive you. I am a Yemeni girl displaced from the war. My family and I live in a rented house in Al-Shahrab 15,000 Yemenis among us, and now we owe 45,000 for 3 months. The owner of the house is one of the people who does not have mercy, by God, my brother. He comes every day, insulting us, talking about us, and moving from the house to the street because we were unable to pay him the rent. The neighbors saw us crying and came back.They came back to talk to the neighbors and we were given the weekend. So we made him swear by God. He will take us out into the street. Have mercy on him and us. Our country is due to this war and we do not find food for our day, and my brothers and I live in a difficult life. Our father died, may God have mercy on him, and we have no one in this world who was with us in these harsh circumstances. My younger brothers went out into the street and saw...The neighbors eat and stand at their door in order to give them bread even if they break it. By God, to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth, they closed the door and expelled them and came back crying. They are dying of hunger. No one has mercy on them and a holiday is returned. I have made a living, and now if one of us helps us with a kilo of flour, I swear to God, I am dying of hunger. My brother, I am an alien to God. Then, I ask you to help me for the sake of God. I ask you, by God, to love goodness and to help me, even if you can, by messaging me on WhatsApp.On this number 00967736948521 and ask for the name of my card and send it and do not be late and may God reward you with all the best, my brothers Sagar, see how they are and help us and save us before they throw us out in the street, you will be lost or we will die of hunger. My family and I ask you, by God, if you are able to help us, do not be late and may God reward you well..`/--~«««~-♡~♡~♡~~•~•~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡♡♡~~~: ~:~¡~¡~¡~;I.i.i.i.i.i. i.I.|-.😢😢😢😢
@deepakghosh6169
@deepakghosh6169 Күн бұрын
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill
@bcooke1000
@bcooke1000 Күн бұрын
Ask India about Modi creeping upon them. Ever lived under a dictatorship?
@deepakghosh6169
@deepakghosh6169 Күн бұрын
@bcooke1000 socialism is dictatorship "Democracy is indispensable to socialism." - Lenin it is interconnected "The goal of socialism is communism." - Vladimir Lenin
@dkarras
@dkarras Күн бұрын
… democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. - Sir Winston Churchill
@deepakghosh6169
@deepakghosh6169 Күн бұрын
@@dkarras Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. - James Russell Lowell
@deepakghosh6169
@deepakghosh6169 Күн бұрын
@@dkarras Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. - Benjamin Franklin
@giftedgreen2152
@giftedgreen2152 Күн бұрын
Put a fork in TedX. No one is buying this propaganda.
@urbanzmb
@urbanzmb Күн бұрын
lol was this like for a joke?
@jacobhertl1398
@jacobhertl1398 Күн бұрын
How to say nothing for 20 minutes. No offense but this was terrible.
@deepakghosh6169
@deepakghosh6169 Күн бұрын
'Democratic’ in its original meaning [refers to] unlimited majority rule … a social system in which one’s work, one’s property, one’s mind, and one’s life are at the mercy of any gang that may muster the vote of a majority at any moment for any purpose. - Ayn Rand
@Ninja9JKD
@Ninja9JKD Күн бұрын
Why do you keep using that word democracy? 1. The USA is a constitutional republic 2 democracy essentially means mon rule, which then often turns into dictatorship.
@ethancoster1324
@ethancoster1324 Күн бұрын
I guess they're referring to the democratic process of voting for candidates.
@caitk.1258
@caitk.1258 Күн бұрын
Sharon has a fantastic explainer on why this is inaccurate, actually. We are a democracy.
@Ninja9JKD
@Ninja9JKD Күн бұрын
@@caitk.1258 Have you read the constitution? Do you know what a republic is?
@Ninja9JKD
@Ninja9JKD Күн бұрын
@@ethancoster1324 But we don't, we are in a republic, that is the structure as we don't directly vote for the president. The Electoral College is part of what makes the USA a REPUBLIC.
@jeffyeager9168
@jeffyeager9168 4 сағат бұрын
They're not mutually exclusive. Yes, we live in a constitutional republic. And yes, we live in a democracy.
@pennyrichards8019
@pennyrichards8019 Күн бұрын
We are a democracy???
@z-man1980
@z-man1980 Күн бұрын
No, we're not.
@caitk.1258
@caitk.1258 Күн бұрын
Yes we are.
@z-man1980
@z-man1980 Күн бұрын
We were founded as a constitutional representative republic, not a democracy.
@leodouskyron5671
@leodouskyron5671 17 сағат бұрын
We were a representative democracy- just not any more.
@markkallstrom7398
@markkallstrom7398 23 сағат бұрын
I did not finish listening to, do not like the tone of here voice
@Boxagami
@Boxagami Күн бұрын
It's a REPUBLIC. Get educated!
@cj415guerrero
@cj415guerrero 12 сағат бұрын
The U.S. has never been a republic, so read a history book.
@Boxagami
@Boxagami 11 сағат бұрын
@@cj415guerrero It's a REPUBLIC! Your elected officials are representatives of the Republic. You democrats are uneducated. It's in your HISTORY BOOK. lol
@a91170
@a91170 9 сағат бұрын
VOTE TRUMP
@deepakghosh6169
@deepakghosh6169 Күн бұрын
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. - H.L. Mencken
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