How to Be an Active Citizen and Spark Change | Gabriel Marmentini | TED

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What does it mean to be an active citizen? It's about more than just voting and paying taxes, says social entrepreneur Gabriel Marmentini. He explains why we can't rely on the state alone to solve all our problems — and presents the four key ingredients for anyone to become a change-maker and engage in solving public issues.

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All Comments (21)
  • @MuhammadHassan-tf4rd
    "A passive and ignorant citizenry will never create a sustainable world" - Andrew Gaines
  • @chinos099
    This is hands down one of the most relevant TED Talks out there for everyone. Thank you!
  • @pranay_kumar
    a much needed talk in these times. thankyou brother.
  • @anitarosalind8588
    It's absolutely true. Being a teacher, when I ask my students if they are interested in politics, no hands go up. This knowledge is very very essential. Totally agree with you.
  • @Loving-waves
    This is an excellent way to think about citizenship. ✨We all have work to do first in our own communities and that branches out to the world. ❤thank you for sharing your knowledge and perspectives.
  • @_SandroMartins
    Gabriel é um dos maiores militantes de causas sociais do Brasil, o "Politize!" é uma relevante ferramenta de mudança cívico-educacional atualmente. Parabéns amigo!
  • @taviparker4993
    Excellent. Unfortunately, as I see it, individualism in Brazil is way more ingrained than knowing and understanding political parties, etc Here is a basic example: You enter a house in Brasil and the inside of the house is very clean and organized. You step out of that house and the sidewalks and the streets could be filthy. The individual living in that house do not consider themselves a citizen of the community. I could go on and on. I think your project needs to be presented at the federal or state department of education. Citizenship needs to be taught in primary school. Congratulations for your work and good luck. By the way, what do you mean by “see you on the other side”?
  • @markseagraves5486
    Pray for the World Celebrate your Nation Take Action Locally If not now, when?
  • @Ren-1979
    If the government doesn't deliver, then the citizens have to. Sad, really. But it looks like it's unfortunately necessary.
  • @StigHelmer
    Excellent. Very reminiscent of the political system in the Starship Troopers universe. Not everyone should be citizens, only those educated and understanding of responsibility.
  • @JimmyMarquardsen
    This old world...this worn out, run down and starved reality...is dying. Those who struggle to maintain it are in the throes of death.
  • @biang1
    Why just change? Why not fight for social cancerous progression sometimes?