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From the Ted Talk by Juan Enriquez: A personal plea for humanity at the US-Mexico border
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And it doesn't work in the long run because to govern through fear and cruelty, you have to cerate a division. You have to take big chunks of the country and convince them that they're not like them. That they shouldn't associate with them, they shouldn't talk to them. That those ppleoe are nasty, those people are criminals, those people are rapists. And the country is in danger because of them. And if you spned millions of dollars doing that in your country, you will make eeenmis abroad, and you will create divisions within. And that has consequences.
Open Cloze
And it doesn't work in the long run because to govern through fear and cruelty, you have to ______ a division. You have to take big chunks of the country and convince them that they're not like them. That they shouldn't associate with them, they shouldn't talk to them. That those ______ are nasty, those people are criminals, those people are rapists. And the country is in danger because of them. And if you _____ millions of dollars doing that in your country, you will make _______ abroad, and you will create divisions within. And that has consequences.
Solution
- create
- people
- enemies
- spend
Original Text
And it doesn't work in the long run because to govern through fear and cruelty, you have to create a division. You have to take big chunks of the country and convince them that they're not like them. That they shouldn't associate with them, they shouldn't talk to them. That those people are nasty, those people are criminals, those people are rapists. And the country is in danger because of them. And if you spend millions of dollars doing that in your country, you will make enemies abroad, and you will create divisions within. And that has consequences.
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