Indledning
The citizens are losing faith in democracy, says British MP Rory Stewart in the TED talk. Numerous governments are battling corruption, but still, 84 percent of people in Great Britain say politics have lost its way.
In this important speech, Stewart urges people to regain trust in democracy, by recognizing why democracy is necessary, through arguments and statistics.
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Uddrag
Rory Stewart resorts to several ways of catching the audience, for instance, he uses humor at the beginning of his speech. “So little Billy goes to school, and he sits down and the teacher says, “What does your father do?” And little Billy says
“My father plays the piano in an opium den.” So the teacher rings up the parents, and says, “Very shocking story from little Billy today.
Just heard that he claimed that you play the piano in an opium den.” And the father says, “I’m very sorry. Yes, it’s true, I lied. But how can I tell an eight‐year‐old boy that his father is a politician?” (p. 1, ll. 1-5).
The humor he uses makes the audience more comfortable. Stewart compares people staying at an opium den with politicians
because that the people who usually stayed at an opium den were drug addicts, who didn’t affect the general public, opposite to what politicians might do.
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