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Ivan Krastev (Bulgarian: Иван Кръстев, born 1965 in Lukovit, Bulgaria), is a political scientist, the Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, permanent fellow at the IWM (Institute of Human Sciences) in Vienna, and 2013-14-17 Richard von Weizsäcker fellow at the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Berlin.

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Democracy is the only game in town. The problem is [when] people start to believe that it is not a game worth playing.

Believe, Democracy, Inspiration, Motivation, People, Playing

Before, revolutions used to have ideological names. They could be communist, they could be liberal, they could be fascist or Islamic. Now, the revolutions are called under the medium which is most used. You have Facebook revolutions, Twitter revolutions. The content doesn't matter anymore - the problem is the media.

Content, Islamic, Media, Names, Twitter

Bulgaria has been deindustrialized by interest groups who extracted state assets like oil states extract the oil in their ground.

Oil, Groups, Assets, Bulgaria, Ground

The Church of TED is very optimistic. Bulgarians are some of the most pessimistic in the world. There are the Happy, the Unhappy and the Bulgarians.

Optimistic, Unhappy, Church, World, Happy

Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.

Institutions, Transparency, Mistrust, Politics, Restoring

As a rule, governments monitor people.

Government, People, Monitor, Rule, Governments

[It's] difficult to engage people in politics when they believe that what really matters is where they personally stand.

Believe, Engage, Inspiration, Motivation, People, Politics

Authoritarianism is not pretending anymore to be a real alternative to democracy, but we can see many more authoritarian practices and styles basically being smuggled into democratic governments.

Real, Government, Practice, Alternative, Basically

Democracy has always been in crisis: democracy is all about practicing the art of bearable dissatisfaction. In democratic societies, people often complain about their leaders and their institutions. The gap between the ideal democracy and the existing one cannot be bridged.

Art, Democracies Have, People, Bridged, Practicing

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