Eric Liu: There's no such thing as not voting
Eric Liu: Nie ma czegoś takiego jak niegłosowanie
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.
ani w całkowitym błędzie.
is rigged in many ways.
pod wieloma względami.
of federal tax breaks
five percent of Americans?
najbogatszych Amerykanów?
across the political spectrum,
niezależnie od orientacji politycznej,
presidential election.
były wybory prezydenckie 2016.
up and down the ballot
patrzeć na listy wyborcze
I still believe voting matters.
radość z głosowania.
about how we can do that, and why.
in American history when voting was fun,
kiedy głosowanie było super,
a grim duty to show up at the polls.
niż ponurym obowiązkiem.
"most of American history."
"większością amerykańskiej historii".
to the Civil Rights Era,
walki o prawa obywatelskie
and raucous culture of voting.
i wrzaskliwą kulturę głosowania.
fasting and feasting and toasting,
poszczenie, ucztowanie i toasty,
immigrants and urban political machines
oraz miejskie grupy polityczne
successive wave of new voters.
nowych wyborców.
when new African-American voters,
kiedy nowi afroamerykańscy wyborcy,
with their newfound right to vote.
z nowo nabytym prawem do głosowania.
of theatricality to their fight,
as they claimed the franchise.
i postulując swoje przywileje.
the promise of equal citizenship
obietnice równouprawnienia
knew that voting matters,
znało wagę głosowania,
and the performance of power
i egzekwowanie praw
since Selma and the Voting Rights Act,
w Selmie i Aktu Praw Wyborczych.
citizens into spectators.
obywateli w obserwatorów.
political memes on social media,
politycznymi dowcipami,
calls "being alone together."
"samotnością we wspólnocie".
that is about being together together,
"eat your vegetables" or "do you duty,"
czy "spełnij swój obowiązek",
across the country right now,
że w całym kraju mielibyśmy
to revive a face-to-face set of ways
bezpośrednie zaangażowanie
and their causes are mocked
wyśmiewa się idee kandydatów
and handmade posters and murals;
ręcznie robionymi ulotkami i muralami;
competing performers rep their candidates.
a little bit 18th century to you,
any more 18th century
are voting like this.
communal affairs.
wydarzenie publiczne.
is a festive, carnival-type atmosphere.
festiwalu, karnawału.
there is a spectacle,
odbywa się spektakl,
here in America, who has time for this?
tu w Ameryce ma na to czas?
watches five hours of television a day.
5 godzin dziennie przed telewizorem.
być widziany i słyszany
called "The Joy of Voting."
"Radość z Głosowania".
artists and activists,
neighbors, everyday citizens
sąsiadów, zwykłych obywateli,
of voting in a local way.
kulturę wyborczą.
all-night parties with hot DJs
imprezy z najlepszymi DJ-ami,
is to show that you're registered to vote.
za okazaniem dowodu rejestracji wyborczej.
in the bed of a flatbed truck
to neighborhood.
all throughout colonial old town.
na terenie całego starego miasta.
mixtapes and live graffiti art
i wykonują graffiti na żywo w North End,
in their beauty and their diversity,
for a new series of "I voted" stickers.
naklejki "Zagłosowałem".
że Atomico nigdy nie głosował.
this artwork for these stickers,
his sense of intimidation about politics.
about the upcoming primary election,
nadchodzącymi wyborami,
not just passing out stickers,
nie tylko rozdawał naklejki,
and encouraging people to vote,
zachęcał do głosowania
the election with passersby.
called the Wandering Aesthetics
zwana the Wandering Aesthetics
these pickup truck plays.
na platformach samochodowych.
an open call to the public
monologues, dialogues, poems,
dialogów oraz poematów,
that could be read aloud
przeczytać na głos
języka angielskiego,
isn't just about joy.
nie jest jedynie o radości.
people of all different backgrounds
ludzie z różnych środowisk
this kind of passionate, joyful activity
radosnych akcjach
in urban and rural communities,
w miastach i na wsi,
all citizenship is local.
just a presidential election,
jedynie do wyborów, prezydenckich,
and then we collapse, exhausted.
i opuszczają nas siły.
and other people in our community
of collective voice and imagination,
wspólnego głosu i wizji,
that this stuff matters.
że uczestnictwo jest ważne.
that this is the stuff of self-government.
że na tym polega samorządność.
a self-fulfilling act of belief.
akt samospełniającej się wiary.
that makes any society thrive.
które ożywiają społeczeństwo.
creative leap of faith.
twórczego kredytu zaufania.
the very power that we wish we had.
którą chcielibyśmy mieć.
that democracy and theater
in ancient Athens.
w starożytnych Atenach.
out of the enclosure of her private self.
jednostkę z prywatności.
public experiences of shared ritual.
publicznego rytuału.
that all of our bonds in the end
że nasze ograniczenia
the meaning of imagination,
of technical expertise.
biegłości technicznej.
or having the know-how.
czasu lub odpowiedniej wiedzy.
to this question, "Why bother?"
na pytanie: "Po co?"
and a bit more pointed.
no such thing as not voting.
may detest and oppose.
passive resistance,
are counter to your own,
to take advantage of your absence.
naszą nieobecność.
created the Tea Party
utworzyli Tea Party, uznali,
you know, politics is too messy,
of our votes adding up to anything.
silence themselves.
they changed American politics.
los amerykańskiej polityki.
of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders
Donalda Trumpa lub Berniego Sandersa
the political status quo
of the previously possible
there's a lot of talk of revolution
to disrupt everyday democracy.
w dzisiejszej demokracji.
gives us a playbook for revolution.
jak dokonać rewolucji.
ubodzy wyborcy,
turnout was 36 percent,
frekwencja wyniosła 36%,
somewhere around 20 percent.
of this country change dramatically,
priorytety naszej polityki,
becomes radically more responsive
to mobilize 100 percent?
against efforts afoot
a positive culture of voting
kulturę głosowania,
sense of powerlessness.
poczuciu niemocy.
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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