Eric Liu: There's no such thing as not voting
Eric Liu: „Nem szavazás” nem létezik!
Eric Liu is founder of Citizen University, which teaches the art of powerful citizenship, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program. Full bio
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some of these things.
and you wouldn't be entirely wrong.
és részben igazuk van.
is rigged in many ways.
sok szempontból le van vajazva.
of federal tax breaks
leggazdagabb 5%-át illetné meg
five percent of Americans?
több mint a fele?
across the political spectrum,
presidential election.
erre a legjobb példa.
up and down the ballot
a szavazólapra,
I still believe voting matters.
hogy érdemes szavazni.
about how we can do that, and why.
in American history when voting was fun,
amikor öröm volt szavazni,
a grim duty to show up at the polls.
nyomasztó kötelességnél.
"most of American history."
történelem jobbik felének".
to the Civil Rights Era,
a polgári jogi korszakig tartó időszakig
and raucous culture of voting.
országként jellemezhetjük.
fasting and feasting and toasting,
eszem-iszom, vigasság,
immigrants and urban political machines
és a városi politikai gépezet
successive wave of new voters.
szavazó nemzedékkel nőtt.
amikor az új afroamerikai választók,
when new African-American voters,
with their newfound right to vote.
és új választójoguk egységét.
of theatricality to their fight,
vitték harcukba,
as they claimed the franchise.
fehér ruhában vonultak föl.
the promise of equal citizenship
ígéretének teljesítése volt,
knew that voting matters,
hogy a szavazás számít,
and the performance of power
és erődemonstráció
since Selma and the Voting Rights Act,
több mint 50 év múlt el;
citizens into spectators.
az állampolgárokat.
political memes on social media,
küldözgetni a közösségi médián,
csendes megnyilvánulása.
calls "being alone together."
"együtt egyedül lenni".
that is about being together together,
mindnyájan együtt legyünk,
"eat your vegetables" or "do you duty,"
és a "teljesítsd a kötelességed" helyett
vagy még jobban:
across the country right now,
országosan és helyileg
to revive a face-to-face set of ways
és mozgósításának
and their causes are mocked
ahol a jelölteket és céljaikat
and handmade posters and murals;
plakátokkal, transzparensekkel teli utcák;
competing performers rep their candidates.
ahol az előadók a jelölteket reppelik.
a little bit 18th century to you,
any more 18th century
mint, mondjuk,
are voting like this.
communal affairs.
színes társadalmi események.
is a festive, carnival-type atmosphere.
ünnepi, karneváli hangulatú.
there is a spectacle,
here in America, who has time for this?
ugyan kinek van erre ideje?
watches five hours of television a day.
naponta öt órát tévézik.
hogy lássák és hallják,
vagy beszédtéma akar lenni,
called "The Joy of Voting."
artists and activists,
oktatókat, politikusokat,
neighbors, everyday citizens
of voting in a local way.
állítsunk össze.
all-night parties with hot DJs
DJ-s bulizást jelentett,
is to show that you're registered to vote.
a választói névjegyzékre.
in the bed of a flatbed truck
to neighborhood.
all throughout colonial old town.
tárgyakat kellett megkeresni.
mixtapes and live graffiti art
és graffitikkel hívtak föl szavazásra
in their beauty and their diversity,
for a new series of "I voted" stickers.
a "Szavaztam" kitűzőhöz.
még sohasem szavazott.
this artwork for these stickers,
kezdte túltenni magát
his sense of intimidation about politics.
about the upcoming primary election,
not just passing out stickers,
a kitűzőket osztogatta,
and encouraging people to vote,
és ösztönözte őket;
the election with passersby.
a járókelőkkel.
called the Wandering Aesthetics
színtársulat
these pickup truck plays.
an open call to the public
monologues, dialogues, poems,
monológot, párbeszédet, verseket,
that could be read aloud
ami fölolvasható
isn't just about joy.
nem csak az örömről szól,
people of all different backgrounds
különféle emberek,
this kind of passionate, joyful activity
örömteli megmozdulásokban
in urban and rural communities,
városi és vidéki közösségekben,
meggyőződésű ember körében.
all citizenship is local.
minden polgár valahol helybéli.
just a presidential election,
korlátozódik,
and then we collapse, exhausted.
aztán kimerülten összecsuklunk.
and other people in our community
of collective voice and imagination,
élményére vágyva egybegyűlnek,
that this stuff matters.
hogy ez a dolog számít.
that this is the stuff of self-government.
hogy ez a dolog az önkormányzás.
a self-fulfilling act of belief.
mert az a hit önmegvalósító tette.
that makes any society thrive.
ami minden társadalom javára válik.
creative leap of faith.
the very power that we wish we had.
az általunk óhajtott erőt.
that democracy and theater
kb. egy időben jelent meg
in ancient Athens.
out of the enclosure of her private self.
privát szférája fogságából.
public experiences of shared ritual.
közös élményét teremti meg.
that all of our bonds in the end
minden béklyónkat végső soron
ezért megváltoztathatók.
the meaning of imagination,
of technical expertise.
vagy megvan-e a know-how-nk.
or having the know-how.
to this question, "Why bother?"
magam?" kérdésre,
and a bit more pointed.
no such thing as not voting.
may detest and oppose.
passive resistance,
elvén alapuló cselekedetnek.
are counter to your own,
to take advantage of your absence.
a távolmaradásunkból.
created the Tea Party
a Tea Party-t alapították,
you know, politics is too messy,
hogy a politika túl zűrös,
of our votes adding up to anything.
silence themselves.
they changed American politics.
az amerikai politikát.
of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
és Bernie Sanders követői
the political status quo
forgatják föl a politikai status quót,
of the previously possible
gyakran baljóslatú,
there's a lot of talk of revolution
sokat beszél forradalomról,
to disrupt everyday democracy.
kell szakítani a demokráciával.
gives us a playbook for revolution.
a forradalom forgatókönyvét.
szegény szavazók részvétele
turnout was 36 percent,
a részvétel 36%-os volt:
somewhere around 20 percent.
of this country change dramatically,
gyökeresen megváltoznak,
becomes radically more responsive
sokkal jobban meghallják
to mobilize 100 percent?
against efforts afoot
szavazási kultúra létrehozásán,
a positive culture of voting
az emberek,
és közösen gyakorolják.
sense of powerlessness.
önmegvalósító jóslata ellen.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Liu - Civics educatorEric Liu is founder of Citizen University, which teaches the art of powerful citizenship, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship & American Identity Program.
Why you should listen
Eric Liu is an author, educator and civic entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Citizen University, which promotes and teaches the art of great citizenship through a portfolio of national programs, and the executive director of the Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program.
Liu's books include the national bestsellers The Gardens of Democracy, and The True Patriot, co-authored with Nick Hanauer. His most recent book is A Chinaman's Chance, published in July, 2014. His first book, The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, was a New York Times Notable Book featured in the PBS documentary "Matters of Race." His other books include Guiding Lights: How to Mentor – and Find Life's Purpose, the Official Book of National Mentoring Month; and Imagination First, co-authored with Scott Noppe-Brandon of the Lincoln Center Institute, which explores ways to unlock imagination in education, politics, business and the arts.
Liu served as a White House speechwriter for President Bill Clinton and later as the President's deputy domestic policy adviser. After the White House, he was an executive at the digital media company RealNetworks. In 2002 he was named one of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders of Tomorrow, and in 2010 he was awarded the Bill Grace Leadership Legacy Award by the Center for Ethical Leadership.
Liu lives in Seattle, where he teaches civic leadership at the University of Washington and hosts Citizen University TV, a television program about civic power. In addition to speaking regularly at venues across the country, he also serves on numerous nonprofit and civic boards. He is the co-founder of the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility. A board member of the Corporation for National and Community Service, he is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School.
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