TedTest

From the Ted Talk by Ivan Krastev: Can democracy exist without trust?

Unscramble the Blue Letters

I'm saying this because one of my major points is what went right is also what went wrong. And when we're now trying to see how we can change the situation, when basically we're trying to see what can be done about democracy, we should keep this ambiguity in mind. Because probably some of the things that we love most are going to be also the things that can hurt us most. These days it's very pauplor to believe that this push for transparency, this kind of a combination between active cnetziis, new technologies and much more transparency-friendly legislation can restore trust in politics. You believe that when you have these new technologies and people who are rdeay to use this, it can make it much more difficult for the governments to lie, it's going to be more difficult for them to seatl and probably even going to be more difcuilft for them to kill. This is probably true. But I do believe that we should be also very clear that now when we put the transparency at the center of politics where the mgsease is, "It's transparency, stupid."

Open Cloze

I'm saying this because one of my major points is what went right is also what went wrong. And when we're now trying to see how we can change the situation, when basically we're trying to see what can be done about democracy, we should keep this ambiguity in mind. Because probably some of the things that we love most are going to be also the things that can hurt us most. These days it's very _______ to believe that this push for transparency, this kind of a combination between active ________, new technologies and much more transparency-friendly legislation can restore trust in politics. You believe that when you have these new technologies and people who are _____ to use this, it can make it much more difficult for the governments to lie, it's going to be more difficult for them to _____ and probably even going to be more _________ for them to kill. This is probably true. But I do believe that we should be also very clear that now when we put the transparency at the center of politics where the _______ is, "It's transparency, stupid."

Solution

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Original Text

I'm saying this because one of my major points is what went right is also what went wrong. And when we're now trying to see how we can change the situation, when basically we're trying to see what can be done about democracy, we should keep this ambiguity in mind. Because probably some of the things that we love most are going to be also the things that can hurt us most. These days it's very popular to believe that this push for transparency, this kind of a combination between active citizens, new technologies and much more transparency-friendly legislation can restore trust in politics. You believe that when you have these new technologies and people who are ready to use this, it can make it much more difficult for the governments to lie, it's going to be more difficult for them to steal and probably even going to be more difficult for them to kill. This is probably true. But I do believe that we should be also very clear that now when we put the transparency at the center of politics where the message is, "It's transparency, stupid."

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