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Rory Stewart: Why democracy matters
Rori Stjuart (Rory Stewart): Zašto je demokratija značajna
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Javnost gubi veru u demokratiju, kaže britanski poslanik Rori Stjuart. Nove demokratije u Avganistanu i Iraku su duboko korumpirane; za to vreme 84 posto ljudi u Britaniji izjavljuje da je politika propala. U ovom značajnom govoru, Stujart poziva na akciju da se obnovi demokratija, započinjući priznanjem da je demokratija značajna – ne kao oruđe, nego kao ideal.
Rory Stewart - Politician
Rory Stewart -- a perpetual pedestrian, a diplomat, an adventurer and an author -- is the member of British Parliament for Penrith and the Border. Full bio
Rory Stewart -- a perpetual pedestrian, a diplomat, an adventurer and an author -- is the member of British Parliament for Penrith and the Border. Full bio
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00:16
So little Billy goes to school,
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Dakle, mali Bili ode u školu,
00:19
and he sits down and the teacher says,
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sedne u klupu i učitelj pita:
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"What does your father do?"
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“Čime se bavi tvoj otac?”
00:25
And little Billy says, "My father plays the piano
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Mali Bili odgovori: “Moj otac svira klavir
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in an opium den."
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u opijumskom skloništu.”
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So the teacher rings up the parents, and says,
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Učitelj telefonira roditeljima i kaže:
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"Very shocking story from little Billy today.
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“Danas je mali Bili rekao nešto sablažnjivo.
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Just heard that he claimed that you play the piano
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Upravo sam čuo da tvrdi da vi svirate klavir
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in an opium den."
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u opijumskom skloništu.”
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And the father says, "I'm very sorry. Yes, it's true, I lied.
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A otac je odgovorio: “Veoma mi je žao.
Da, tačno je, lagao sam.
Da, tačno je, lagao sam.
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But how can I tell an eight-year-old boy
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Ali kako da kažem osmogodišnjem dečaku
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that his father is a politician?" (Laughter)
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da je njegov otac političar.”
(Smeh)
(Smeh)
00:55
Now, as a politician myself, standing in front of you,
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Sada, kao političar, koji je ispred vas
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or indeed, meeting any stranger anywhere in the world,
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ili zaista, ako pri susretu sa
bilo kojim strancem bilo gde u svetu,
bilo kojim strancem bilo gde u svetu,
01:01
when I eventually reveal the nature of my profession,
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slučajno otkrijem prirodu svog posla,
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they look at me as though I'm somewhere between
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pogledaju me misleći da sam negde između
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a snake, a monkey and an iguana,
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zmije, majmuna i iguane,
01:12
and through all of this, I feel, strongly,
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a pri svemu tome veoma snažno osećam
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that something is going wrong.
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da je nešto pošlo po zlu.
01:19
Four hundred years of maturing democracy,
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Četiri stotine godina razvijanja demokratije,
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colleagues in Parliament who seem to me, as individuals,
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kolege u Parlamentu koji mi se kao pojedinci čine
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reasonably impressive, an increasingly educated,
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prilično impresivno, sve više obrazovana,
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energetic, informed population, and yet
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energična, obaveštena populacija, a ipak tu je
01:33
a deep, deep sense of disappointment.
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duboki, duboki osećaj razočarenja.
01:38
My colleagues in Parliament include, in my new intake,
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Moje kolege u novom sazivu Parlamenta su
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family doctors, businesspeople, professors,
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porodični lekari, poslovni ljudi, profesori,
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distinguished economists, historians, writers,
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cenjeni ekonomisti, istoričari, pisci,
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army officers ranging from colonels down to regimental sergeant majors.
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vojni oficiri počev od pukovnika do starijih vodnika.
01:56
All of them, however, including myself, as we walk underneath
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Međutim, svi oni, uključujući i mene, pri prolasku ispod
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those strange stone gargoyles just down the road,
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tih grotesknih kamenih figura neposredno pored puta,
02:04
feel that we've become less than the sum of our parts,
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osećamo da smo postali manje od zbira pojedinaca,
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feel as though we have become profoundly diminished.
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osećamo se kao da smo postali značajno umanjeni.
02:13
And this isn't just a problem in Britain.
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Ovo nije problem samo u Britaniji.
02:18
It's a problem across the developing world,
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To je takođe problem u zemljama u razvoju
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and in middle income countries too. In Jamaica,
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i u srednje razvijenim zemljama. Na Jamajki,
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for example -- look at Jamaican members of Parliament,
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na primer, pogledajte članove njihovog Parlamenta,
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you meet them, and they're often people who are
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upoznate ih, to su često stipendisti Roudsa
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Rhodes Scholars, who've studied at Harvard or at Princeton,
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koji su studirali na Harvardu ili Prinstonu,
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and yet, you go down to downtown Kingston,
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a ipak, kada krenete ka centru Kingstona,
02:38
and you are looking at one of the most depressing sites
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posmatrate jedno od najtužnijih mesta
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that you can see in any middle-income country in the world:
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koje možete videti u nekoj srednje razvijenoj zemlji:
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a dismal, depressing landscape
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sumoran, depresivan predeo
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of burnt and half-abandoned buildings.
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izgorelih i napola napuštenih zgrada.
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And this has been true for 30 years, and the handover
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Ovo je tačno poslednjih 30 godina i prenos vlasti
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in 1979, 1980, between one Jamaican leader who was
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1979., 1980. godine sa jednog jamajkanskog lidera , koji je
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the son of a Rhodes Scholar and a Q.C. to another
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sin Rouds stipendiste i član
kraljevske advokatske komore,
kraljevske advokatske komore,
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who'd done an economics doctorate at Harvard,
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na drugog lidera, koji je doktorirao ekonomiju na Harvardu,
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over 800 people were killed in the streets
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je pratilo ulično ubijanje preko 800 ljudi
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in drug-related violence.
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u nasilju vezanom za narkotike.
03:12
Ten years ago, however, the promise of democracy
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Međutim, pre deset godina očekivanje od demokratije je
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seemed to be extraordinary. George W. Bush stood up
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bilo retkost. Džordž Buš se pobunio
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in his State of the Union address in 2003
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u svom godišnjem obraćanju Kongresu 2003.
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and said that democracy was the force that would beat
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i izjavio da je demokratija snaga koja će pobediti
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most of the ills of the world. He said,
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većinu svetskih nedaća. Rekao je da,
03:30
because democratic governments respect their own people
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budući da demokratske vlade poštuju sopstveni narod
03:33
and respect their neighbors, freedom will bring peace.
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i poštuju svoje susede, sloboda će doneti mir.
03:39
Distinguished academics at the same time argued that
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Cenjeni naučnici su istovremeno raspravljali da
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democracies had this incredible range of side benefits.
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demokratije imaju neverovatan
obim dodatnih prednosti.
obim dodatnih prednosti.
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They would bring prosperity, security,
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Doprinele bi napretku, sigurnosti,
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overcome sectarian violence,
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prevazišle bi sektaško nasilje,
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ensure that states would never again harbor terrorists.
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obezbedile da države više nikad ne štite teroriste.
03:57
Since then, what's happened?
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Šta se od tada dogodilo?
03:59
Well, what we've seen is the creation, in places like Iraq
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Pa, videli smo, na primer u Iraku i Avganistanu,
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and Afghanistan, of democratic systems of government
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stvaranje demokratskih sistema upravljanja
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which haven't had any of those side benefits.
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koji nisu imali nijednu od ovih dodatnih prednosti.
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In Afghanistan, for example, we haven't just had one election
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Na primer, u Avganistanu, ne samo da smo imali izbore
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or two elections. We've gone through three elections,
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jedanput ili dvaput. Prošli smo kroz tri predsednička
04:15
presidential and parliamentary. And what do we find?
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i parlamentarna izborna cikulsa. Šta smo utvrdili?
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Do we find a flourishing civil society, a vigorous rule of law
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Da li nalazimo napredno civilno društvo,
striktno poštovanje zakona
striktno poštovanje zakona
04:22
and good security? No. What we find in Afghanistan
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i dobru bezbednost? Ne, u Avganistanu postoji
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is a judiciary that is weak and corrupt,
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sudstvo koje je slabo i korumpirano,
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a very limited civil society which is largely ineffective,
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veoma ograničeno civilno društvo
koje je uglavnom neefikasno,
koje je uglavnom neefikasno,
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a media which is beginning to get onto its feet
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medije koji tek počinju da se osnivaju,
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but a government that's deeply unpopular,
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ali i vladu koja je veoma nepopularna,
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perceived as being deeply corrupt, and security
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doživljena kao veoma korumpirana i bezbednost
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that is shocking, security that's terrible.
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koja je loša, koja je užasna.
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In Pakistan, in lots of sub-Saharan Africa,
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U Pakistanu, u većem delu podsaharske Afrike,
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again you can see democracy and elections are compatible
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ponovo možete videti da su demokratija i izbori kompatibilni
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with corrupt governments, with states that are unstable
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sa korumpiranim vladama, sa državama koje su nestabilne
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and dangerous.
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i opasne.
05:01
And when I have conversations with people, I remember
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Kada sam razgovarao sa ljudima, sećam se
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having a conversation, for example, in Iraq,
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razgovora u npr. Iraku,
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with a community that asked me
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u opštini su me pitali
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whether the riot we were seeing in front of us,
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da li je pobuna koju smo gledali,
05:13
this was a huge mob ransacking a provincial council building,
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a to je bila velika masa koja je
pljačkala zgradu oblasnog veća,
pljačkala zgradu oblasnog veća,
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was a sign of the new democracy.
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znak nove demokratije.
05:21
The same, I felt, was true in almost every single one
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Osećao sam da je isto tačno za skoro svaku
05:26
of the middle and developing countries that I went to,
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zemlju u razvoju i srednje razvijenu
zemlju u kojoj sam bio,
zemlju u kojoj sam bio,
05:28
and to some extent the same is true of us.
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a donekle je tačno i za nas.
05:33
Well, what is the answer to this? Is the answer to just
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Pa dobro, šta je rešenje za ovo? Da li je jedino rešenje
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give up on the idea of democracy?
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odustati od ideje o demokratiji?
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Well, obviously not. It would be absurd
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Očigledno ne. Besmisleno je da,
05:41
if we were to engage again in the kind of operations
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ako bi se ponovo angažovali u operacijama kao što su
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we were engaged in, in Iraq and Afghanistan
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ove u kojima već učestvujemo u Iraku i Avganistanu,
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if we were to suddenly find ourselves in a situation
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ako se iznenada nađemo u okolnostima
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in which we were imposing
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nametanja bilo čega
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anything other than a democratic system.
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drugog osim demokratskog sistema.
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Anything else would run contrary to our values,
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Sve ostalo bilo bi suprotno našim vrednostima,
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it would run contrary to the wishes of the people
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bilo bi suprotno željama ljudi na terenu,
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on the ground, it would run contrary to our interests.
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bilo bi suprotno našim interesima.
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I remember in Iraq, for example, that we went through
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Sećam se, na primer u Iraku, da smo prošli kroz
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a period of feeling that we should delay democracy.
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period kada smo mislili da treba odložiti demokratiju.
06:10
We went through a period of feeling that the lesson learned
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Prošli smo kroz period kada smo mislili da je lekcija naučena
06:13
from Bosnia was that elections held too early
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u Bosni bila da, ako se izbori održe prerano,
06:17
enshrined sectarian violence, enshrined extremist parties,
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sektaško nasilje i ekstremističke partije
ostaju brižljivo sačuvane,
ostaju brižljivo sačuvane,
06:21
so in Iraq in 2003 the decision was made,
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pa je 2003. u Iraku odlučeno:
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let's not have elections for two years. Let's invest in
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hajde da odložimo izbore za dve godine.
Hajde da investiramo
Hajde da investiramo
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voter education. Let's invest in democratization.
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u obrazovanje glasača. Hajde da uložimo u demokratizaciju.
06:31
The result was that I found stuck outside my office
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Rezultat je bio da sam se našao
van svoje kancelarije
van svoje kancelarije
06:35
a huge crowd of people, this is actually a photograph
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zaglavljen u velikoj grupi ljudi,
ovo je stvarna fotografija
ovo je stvarna fotografija
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taken in Libya but I saw the same scene in Iraq
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iz Libije, ali sam isti prizor ljudi koji stoje napolju
06:41
of people standing outside screaming for the elections,
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glasno tražeći izbore, video i u Iraku.
06:45
and when I went out and said, "What is wrong
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Kada sam izašao napolje i rekao: “Šta je problem
06:47
with the interim provincial council?
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sa prelaznim lokalnim savetom?
06:50
What is wrong with the people that we have chosen?
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Šta je problem sa ljudima koje smo izabrali?
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There is a Sunni sheikh, there's a Shiite sheikh,
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Tu je sunitski šeik, tu je šiitski šeik,
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there's the seven -- leaders of the seven major tribes,
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tu su sedmorica - vođe sedam glavnih plemena,
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there's a Christian, there's a Sabian,
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tu je hrišćanin, tu je subotar
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there are female representatives, there's every political party in this council,
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tu su žene, svaka politička stranka je u savetu,
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what's wrong with the people that we chose?"
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šta je problem sa ljudima koje smo izabrali?”
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The answer came, "The problem isn't the people
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Došao je odgovor: “Nisu problem ljudi
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that you chose. The problem is that you chose them."
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koje ste izabrali. Problem je što ste ih vi izabrali.”
07:18
I have not met, in Afghanistan, in even the most
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Nisam sreo nikoga u Avganistanu, čak ni u
07:22
remote community, anybody who does not want
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najudaljenijoj zajednici, ko nije želeo
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a say in who governs them.
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da odlučuje o tome ko njima upravlja.
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Most remote community, I have never met a villager
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Najudaljenija zajednica,
nikad nisam sreo seljaka
nikad nisam sreo seljaka
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who does not want a vote.
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koji nije želeo da glasa.
07:33
So we need to acknowledge
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Znači treba da prihvatimo
07:37
that despite the dubious statistics, despite the fact that
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bez obzira na neodređenu statistiku i činjenicu da
07:40
84 percent of people in Britain feel politics is broken,
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84 posto ljudi u Britaniji misli da je politika uništena,
07:46
despite the fact that when I was in Iraq, we did an opinion poll
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uprkos činjenici da smo,
tokom mog boravka u Iraku 2003.,
tokom mog boravka u Iraku 2003.,
07:49
in 2003 and asked people what political systems they preferred,
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anketirali ljude i pitali kom
političkom sistemu daju prednost,
političkom sistemu daju prednost,
07:53
and the answer came back that
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dobili odgovor da
07:55
seven percent wanted the United States,
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sedam posto želi američki,
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five percent wanted France,
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pet posto želi francuski,
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three percent wanted Britain,
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tri posto želi britanski
08:04
and nearly 40 percent wanted Dubai, which is, after all,
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i skoro 40 posto želi sistem
kao u Dubaiju koji, u stvari,
kao u Dubaiju koji, u stvari,
08:08
not a democratic state at all but a relatively prosperous
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nije demokratska država,
ali je relativno uspešna
ali je relativno uspešna
08:11
minor monarchy, democracy is a thing of value
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manja monarhija,
demokratija je vrednost
demokratija je vrednost
08:15
for which we should be fighting. But in order to do so
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za koju treba da se borimo.
Ali da bismo to uradili,
Ali da bismo to uradili,
08:19
we need to get away from instrumental arguments.
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moramo se udaljiti od pomoćnih dokaza.
08:22
We need to get away from saying democracy matters
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Treba da se odvojimo od tvrdnje
da je demokratija važna
da je demokratija važna
08:25
because of the other things it brings.
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zbog ostalih prednosti koje donosi.
08:29
We need to get away from feeling, in the same way,
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Slično tome, treba da se udaljimo od mišljenja
08:31
human rights matters because of the other things it brings,
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da su ljudska prava značajna
zbog ostalog što donose
zbog ostalog što donose
08:34
or women's rights matters for the other things it brings.
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ili da su prava žena značajna
zbog ostalih posledica.
zbog ostalih posledica.
08:38
Why should we get away from those arguments?
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Zašto treba da se odvojimo od ovih dokaza?
08:40
Because they're very dangerous. If we set about saying,
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Zato što su veoma opasni.
Ukoliko započnemo sa tvrdnjom,
Ukoliko započnemo sa tvrdnjom,
08:43
for example, torture is wrong because it doesn't extract
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na primer, mučenje je pogrešno jer ne obezbeđuje
08:47
good information, or we say, you need women's rights
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dobre informacije ili ako tvrdimo,
trebaju vam prava žena
trebaju vam prava žena
08:53
because it stimulates economic growth by doubling the size of the work force,
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zato što podstiču ekonomski razvoj
udvostručujući broj radno sposobnih,
udvostručujući broj radno sposobnih,
08:57
you leave yourself open to the position where
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postavljamo sebe u ranjiv položaj,
08:59
the government of North Korea can turn around and say,
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gde vlada u severnoj Koreji
može da se okrene i tvrdi:
može da se okrene i tvrdi:
09:01
"Well actually, we're having a lot of success extracting
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“U stvari, sada smo veoma uspešni u dobijanju
09:04
good information with our torture at the moment,"
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dobrih informacija našim metodama mučenja”,
09:06
or the government of Saudi Arabia to say, "Well,
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ili vlada u Saudijskoj Arabiji može da kaže:
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our economic growth's okay, thank you very much,
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“Mnogo vam hvala, naš ekonomski razvoj je u redu,
09:10
considerably better than yours,
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značajno bolji nego vaš,
09:12
so maybe we don't need to go ahead with this program on women's rights."
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pa možda i ne treba da započinjemo
taj program o pravima žena.”
taj program o pravima žena.”
09:16
The point about democracy is not instrumental.
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Svrha demokratnije nije da posluži nečemu.
09:20
It's not about the things that it brings.
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Nije u prednostima koje donosi.
09:23
The point about democracy is not that it delivers
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Svrha demokratnije nije da obezbeđuje
09:25
legitimate, effective, prosperous rule of law.
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zakonitu, efikasnu, naprednu vladavinu prava.
09:32
It's not that it guarantees peace with itself or with its neighbors.
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Nije u tome što garantuje mir u državi ili sa susedima.
09:36
The point about democracy is intrinsic.
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Svrha demokratnije je suštinska.
09:39
Democracy matters because it reflects an idea of equality
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Demokratija je značajna jer odražava ideju jednakosti
09:45
and an idea of liberty. It reflects an idea of dignity,
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i ideju slobode. Ona odražava ideju dostojanstva,
09:49
the dignity of the individual, the idea that each individual
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dostojanstva pojedinca,
ideju da svaki pojedinac
ideju da svaki pojedinac
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should have an equal vote, an equal say,
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treba da ima jednako pravo,
jednak glas
jednak glas
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in the formation of their government.
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u formiranju sopstvene vlade.
10:00
But if we're really to make democracy vigorous again,
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Ali ako želimo ponovo da osnažimo demokratiju,
10:04
if we're ready to revivify it, we need to get involved
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ako smo spremni da je oživimo,
moramo da se uključimo
moramo da se uključimo
10:07
in a new project of the citizens and the politicians.
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u novi projekat kao građani i kao političari.
10:12
Democracy is not simply a question of structures.
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Demokratija nije samo pitanje strukture.
10:16
It is a state of mind. It is an activity.
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Ona je stanje uma. Ona je aktivnost.
10:20
And part of that activity is honesty.
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A deo te aktivnosti je poštenje.
10:24
After I speak to you today, I'm going on a radio program
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Nakon mog govora pred vama danas, idem na radio
10:28
called "Any Questions," and the thing you will have noticed
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u emisiju “Bilo koje pitanje”
i ono što ćete primetiti
i ono što ćete primetiti
10:30
about politicians on these kinds of radio programs
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kod političara u ovim tipovima radio-programa
10:34
is that they never, ever say that they don't know the answer
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je da oni nikad, nikad ne kažu da ne znaju odgovor
10:37
to a question. It doesn't matter what it is.
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na pitanje. Nije bitno o čemu je.
10:39
If you ask about child tax credits, the future of the penguins
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Ako pitate o dečijim dodacima,
budućnosti pingvina
budućnosti pingvina
10:42
in the south Antarctic, asked to hold forth on whether or not
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južnog Antarktika, da li raspravljati ili ne
10:47
the developments in Chongqing contribute
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o tome da li razvoj u Čongkingu doprinosi
10:49
to sustainable development in carbon capture,
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stalnom povećanju zagađenja ugljenikom,
10:52
and we will have an answer for you.
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mi ćemo imati spreman odgovor.
10:54
We need to stop that, to stop pretending to be
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To moramo da zaustavimo,
da prestanemo da se
da prestanemo da se
10:58
omniscient beings.
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pretvaramo da smo sveznajući.
11:00
Politicians also need to learn, occasionally, to say that
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Političari takođe treba da nauče
da povremeno priznaju
da povremeno priznaju
11:03
certain things that voters want, certain things that voters
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da ponešto što glasači žele,
ponešto što su glasačima
ponešto što su glasačima
11:07
have been promised, may be things
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obećali, mogu biti obećanja
11:11
that we cannot deliver
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koja ne mogu da ispune
11:14
or perhaps that we feel we should not deliver.
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ili osećaju da možda ne treba da ih ispune.
11:18
And the second thing we should do is understand
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Druga stvar koju treba da razumemo
11:21
the genius of our societies.
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je genijalnost naših društava.
11:24
Our societies have never been so educated, have never
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Naše društvo nikad nije bilo toliko obrazovano,
11:28
been so energized, have never been so healthy,
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nikad nije bilo toliko probuđeno,
nikad toliko zdravo,
nikad toliko zdravo,
11:31
have never known so much, cared so much,
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nikad nije znalo više, brinulo više
11:33
or wanted to do so much, and it is a genius of the local.
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ili želelo da više učini
i to je genijalnost na lokalu.
i to je genijalnost na lokalu.
11:39
One of the reasons why we're moving away
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Jedan od razloga zašto se udaljavamo
11:42
from banqueting halls such as the one in which we stand,
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od svečanih sala kao što je ova u kojoj smo,
11:46
banqueting halls with extraordinary images on the ceiling
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svečanih sala sa retkim slikama krunisanja
11:50
of kings enthroned,
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na plafonu,
11:52
the entire drama played out here on this space,
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celokupnom dramom koja se desila u ovom prostoru,
11:55
where the King of England had his head lopped off,
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gde je odrubljena glava kralju Engleske,
11:58
why we've moved from spaces like this, thrones like that,
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razlog zašto smo se udaljili od ovakvih prostora,
ovakvih prestola,
ovakvih prestola,
12:02
towards the town hall, is we're moving more and more
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ka gradskoj skupštini, je to što se sve više približavamo
12:06
towards the energies of our people, and we need to tap that.
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snazi našeg naroda i potrebno je da je crpimo.
12:10
That can mean different things in different countries.
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To može da predstavlja
različite stvari u različitim zemljama.
različite stvari u različitim zemljama.
12:13
In Britain, it could mean looking to the French,
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U Britaniji to možda znači gledati ka Francuzima,
12:16
learning from the French,
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učiti od njih,
12:18
getting directly elected mayors in place
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postavljati direktno izabrane gradonačelnike
12:21
in a French commune system.
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u francuske lokalne zajednice.
12:24
In Afghanistan, it could have meant instead of concentrating
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U Avganistanu to je moglo da znači da je,
umesto što smo se usredsredili
umesto što smo se usredsredili
12:27
on the big presidential and parliamentary elections,
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na velike predsedničke ili parlamentarne izbore,
12:29
we should have done what was in the Afghan constitution
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trebalo da uradimo isto što je postojalo
u avganistanskom Ustavu
u avganistanskom Ustavu
12:31
from the very beginning, which is to get direct local elections going
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od samog početka, a to su direktni lokalni izbori
12:36
at a district level and elect people's provincial governors.
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na nivou oblasti i biranje narodnih oblasnih guvernera.
12:42
But for any of these things to work,
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Ali da bi bilo šta od ovoga funkcionisalo,
12:44
the honesty in language, the local democracy,
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iskrenost u govoru, lokalna demokratija,
12:47
it's not just a question of what politicians do.
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nije bitno samo šta političari rade.
12:50
It's a question of what the citizens do.
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To je i ono što rade građani.
12:52
For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest,
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Da bi političari bili pošteni, neophodno je
da im javnost dozvoli da budu pošteni,
da im javnost dozvoli da budu pošteni,
12:57
and the media, which mediates between the politicians
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a mediji, koji posreduju između političara
13:00
and the public, needs to allow those politicians to be honest.
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i javnosti, moraju da dozvole tim političarima
da budu pošteni.
da budu pošteni.
13:04
If local democracy is to flourish, it is about the active
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Da bi lokalna demokratija napredovala, potrebno je
13:08
and informed engagement of every citizen.
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aktivno i informisano angažovanje svakog građanina.
13:12
In other words, if democracy is to be rebuilt,
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Drugim rečima, da bi demokratija bila obnovljena,
13:16
is to become again vigorous and vibrant,
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da bi ponovo postala snažna i izražajna
13:21
it is necessary not just for the public
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neophodno je ne samo da javnost
13:24
to learn to trust their politicians,
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nauči da veruje svojim političarima,
13:27
but for the politicians to learn to trust the public.
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nego i da političari nauče da veruju javnosti.
13:32
Thank you very much indeed. (Applause)
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Hvala vam veoma mnogo.
(Aplauz)
(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rory Stewart - PoliticianRory Stewart -- a perpetual pedestrian, a diplomat, an adventurer and an author -- is the member of British Parliament for Penrith and the Border.
Why you should listen
Now the member of British Parliament for Penrith and the Border, in rural northwest England, Rory Stewart has led a fascinatingly broad life of public service. He joined the Foreign Office after school, then left to begin a years-long series of walks across the Muslim world. In 2002, his extraordinary walk across post-9/11 Afghanistan resulted in his first book, The Places in Between. After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, he served as a Deputy Governorate Co-Ordinator in Southern Iraq for the coalition forces, and later founded a charity in Kabul.
To secure his Conservative seat in Parliament, he went on a walking tour of Penrith, covering the entire county as he talked to voters. In 2008, Esquire called him one of the 75 most influential people of the 21st century.
He says: "The world isn't one way or another. Things can be changed very, very rapidly by someone with sufficient confidence, sufficient knowledge and sufficient authority."
Rory Stewart | Speaker | TED.com