Are we really living in a democracy? | Joaquin Marcano | TEDxHECParis

With a simple demonstration, Joaquin Marcano breaks down our perceptions of modern democracies and invites us all to get creative about how we form representative governments. Joaquín Marcano is a production engineer from Venezuela, graduating from the Universidad Simón Bolívar and Louvain School of Management in Belgium. He’s a very curious individual who loves to learn about anything, often through YouTube to which he admits being addicted. Joaquín has multiple hobbies including soccer and writing when he is not dreaming of social entrepreneurship. He is always eager to create new businesses with a healthy disregard for conventional thinking and a strong preference for creativity and innovation. Joaquín seeks to close the educational gap between those who have access to quality education and those who don’t.

[vmdj-hq]

Excellent points of view and true “big picture” vision!

[dipakkumarbebiria]

salute Sir.... the way you philosophizing politics

[witwisniewski]

Voting for spending, not politicians will fix democracy. If we could vote on where money goes, we would not need politicians to decide it for us nor so many laws to control it. Instead, we vote for politicians who either are running to get control of the money or honest ones who will sooner or later become corrupted by it.

[COMDES]

Excelente representación de la realidad

[federicoriverosilva]

Excellent way to present the wider picture.../ Congrats Joaquín

[sophiebelec]

Super insightful and thought provoking. Thank you for making a subject matter seemingly complex so easy to understand. Well done!

[molerovasquez]

A good ideas and logical expression. The really democracy

[JpTheGamerPlayz]

Congratulations! Very well explained, thank you 😃

[shanapo]

Excelente explicación! Tenemos mucho camino por delante como sociedad

[marcayres]

That was fantastic and very well explained.

[TheJoacojoaco]

The reason why most of our representative democracies are failing us... well put.

[Totalpro_]

This young man made me make an analysis .... I’m still revalues have to go back or further??? He’s good!!!

[markpong]

Democracy isn't the solution. Democracy is the problem. Even the Greeks leaving under democracy new that. This guy advocates more democracy. With more democracy the line on his chart will be more like 5%, not 30%. The problem is easily fixed, but no government will destroy the system which brought them to power.

[enriquecolmenares]

ottima dimostrazione del perché le città sbagliano grazie all'apatia del cittadino

[jameskohut]

Search Legalize real democracy party. Legalize your right to introduce and vote on government bills.

[Bedhead]

You destroyed your talk by admitting that we only have a 30% chance to get what we want. Politicians aren't going to change the system they built to make sure they stay in office.