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From the Ted Talk by Renata Salecl: Our unhealthy obsession with choice

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Now, Margaret Thatcher famously said that there is nothing like a society. soteciy doesn't exist, it is only individuals and their families. Sadly, this ideology still functions very well, which is why pelope who are poor might feel ashamed for their poverty. We might endlessly feel guilty that we are not making the right choices, and that's why we didn't succeed. We are anxious that we are not good enough. That's why we work very hard, long hours at the workplace and equally long hours on rameknig ourselves. Now, when we are anxious over ciehcos, sometimes we ealsiy give our poewr of cciohe away. We identify with the guru who tells us what to do, self-help therapist, or we embrace a totalitarian leader who appears to have no dbuots about choices, who sort of knows.

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Now, Margaret Thatcher famously said that there is nothing like a society. _______ doesn't exist, it is only individuals and their families. Sadly, this ideology still functions very well, which is why ______ who are poor might feel ashamed for their poverty. We might endlessly feel guilty that we are not making the right choices, and that's why we didn't succeed. We are anxious that we are not good enough. That's why we work very hard, long hours at the workplace and equally long hours on ________ ourselves. Now, when we are anxious over _______, sometimes we ______ give our _____ of ______ away. We identify with the guru who tells us what to do, self-help therapist, or we embrace a totalitarian leader who appears to have no ______ about choices, who sort of knows.

Solution

  1. choice
  2. society
  3. choices
  4. people
  5. remaking
  6. easily
  7. power
  8. doubts

Original Text

Now, Margaret Thatcher famously said that there is nothing like a society. Society doesn't exist, it is only individuals and their families. Sadly, this ideology still functions very well, which is why people who are poor might feel ashamed for their poverty. We might endlessly feel guilty that we are not making the right choices, and that's why we didn't succeed. We are anxious that we are not good enough. That's why we work very hard, long hours at the workplace and equally long hours on remaking ourselves. Now, when we are anxious over choices, sometimes we easily give our power of choice away. We identify with the guru who tells us what to do, self-help therapist, or we embrace a totalitarian leader who appears to have no doubts about choices, who sort of knows.

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Important Words

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