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

[@lindasteger7207]

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]

I'm from the future. It in fact, did not work out. Putin won the election.

[@storytimewithauntiekatie]

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]

“If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let you do it.”

[@janetslicer3637]

Whose quote is that? And why would you repeat it? Just wondering.

[@timetowakeup6302]

@ Mark Twain.

[@janetslicer3637]

​@@timetowakeup6302Thank you, I appreciate it.

[@Нина-э3р]

❤

[@joeldheath]

That's the thing though, in red states, they go out of their way to prevent people from voting.

[@vcello6450]

I could use some hope, as long as it's realistic.

[@stayhappylittlemermaid]

You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible

[@gingerstyrsky]

This came out at the perfect time. Thanks for the history lesson and the encouragement.

[@bradcogley8146]

“How to have hope for American democracy” change it🤔

[@vcello6450]

This totally missed the mark.

[@shivershins3730]

Happy Election Day USA

[@potato9832]

You mean "Happy Putin" day?

[@shivershins3730]

@ unfortunately yes

[@towritemichelle210]

I thought this was excellent

[@737ngJR]

With that voice she should be making asmr videos

[@سارهالدوعاني]

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]

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill

[@bcooke1000]

Ask India about Modi creeping upon them. Ever lived under a dictatorship?

[@deepakghosh6169]

@bcooke1000 socialism is dictatorship "Democracy is indispensable to socialism." - Lenin it is interconnected "The goal of socialism is communism." - Vladimir Lenin

[@dkarras]

… 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]

@@dkarras Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. - James Russell Lowell

[@deepakghosh6169]

@@dkarras Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. - Benjamin Franklin

[@giftedgreen2152]

Put a fork in TedX. No one is buying this propaganda.

[@urbanzmb]

lol was this like for a joke?

[@jacobhertl1398]

How to say nothing for 20 minutes. No offense but this was terrible.

[@deepakghosh6169]

'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]

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]

I guess they're referring to the democratic process of voting for candidates.

[@caitk.1258]

Sharon has a fantastic explainer on why this is inaccurate, actually. We are a democracy.

[@Ninja9JKD]

@@caitk.1258 Have you read the constitution? Do you know what a republic is?

[@Ninja9JKD]

@@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]

They're not mutually exclusive. Yes, we live in a constitutional republic. And yes, we live in a democracy.

[@pennyrichards8019]

We are a democracy???

[@z-man1980]

No, we're not.

[@caitk.1258]

Yes we are.

[@z-man1980]

We were founded as a constitutional representative republic, not a democracy.

[@leodouskyron5671]

We were a representative democracy- just not any more.

[@markkallstrom7398]

I did not finish listening to, do not like the tone of here voice

[@Boxagami]

It's a REPUBLIC. Get educated!

[@cj415guerrero]

The U.S. has never been a republic, so read a history book.

[@Boxagami]

@@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]

VOTE TRUMP

[@deepakghosh6169]

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. - H.L. Mencken