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From the Ted Talk by Alexander Betts: Why Brexit happened -- and what to do next

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The fourth and final idea I want to put forward is an idea that we need more responsible politics. There's very little sacoil science evidence that compares attitudes on globalization. But from the surveys that do exist, what we can see is there's huge variation across different countries and time periods in those croietuns for attitudes and tnroceale of questions like migration and mobility on the one hand and free trade on the other. But one hypothesis that I think emerges from a currsoy look at that data is the idea that polarized societies are far less tolerant of globalization. It's the siicteoes like Sweden in the past, like Canada today, where there is a csnetirt politics, where right and left work together, that we encourage sppviruote attitudes towards globalization. And what we see around the world today is a tragic polarization, a fliurae to have dialogue between the extremes in politics, and a gap in terms of that liberal center gnurod that can encourage communication and a shared understanding. We might not achieve that today, but at the very least we have to call upon our politicians and our mdiea to drop a lugnaage of fear and be far more tolerant of one another.

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The fourth and final idea I want to put forward is an idea that we need more responsible politics. There's very little ______ science evidence that compares attitudes on globalization. But from the surveys that do exist, what we can see is there's huge variation across different countries and time periods in those _________ for attitudes and _________ of questions like migration and mobility on the one hand and free trade on the other. But one hypothesis that I think emerges from a _______ look at that data is the idea that polarized societies are far less tolerant of globalization. It's the _________ like Sweden in the past, like Canada today, where there is a ________ politics, where right and left work together, that we encourage __________ attitudes towards globalization. And what we see around the world today is a tragic polarization, a _______ to have dialogue between the extremes in politics, and a gap in terms of that liberal center ______ that can encourage communication and a shared understanding. We might not achieve that today, but at the very least we have to call upon our politicians and our _____ to drop a ________ of fear and be far more tolerant of one another.

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Original Text

The fourth and final idea I want to put forward is an idea that we need more responsible politics. There's very little social science evidence that compares attitudes on globalization. But from the surveys that do exist, what we can see is there's huge variation across different countries and time periods in those countries for attitudes and tolerance of questions like migration and mobility on the one hand and free trade on the other. But one hypothesis that I think emerges from a cursory look at that data is the idea that polarized societies are far less tolerant of globalization. It's the societies like Sweden in the past, like Canada today, where there is a centrist politics, where right and left work together, that we encourage supportive attitudes towards globalization. And what we see around the world today is a tragic polarization, a failure to have dialogue between the extremes in politics, and a gap in terms of that liberal center ground that can encourage communication and a shared understanding. We might not achieve that today, but at the very least we have to call upon our politicians and our media to drop a language of fear and be far more tolerant of one another.

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