# Can democracy exist without trust?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2012
- Speaker: Ivan Krastev
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ivan_krastev_can_democracy_exist_without_trust)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It seems the more we know about how democracy works -- through government transparency, better media coverage, even new insights about our brains -- the less we trust democracy itself. Yet it's still, arguably, the best system of government available. As Ivan Krastev says, "What went right is also what went wrong." Can democracy survive?

## Lectures

1. [Can democracy exist without trust?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ivan_krastev_can_democracy_exist_without_trust/097ebc8f7067), 14 min (TED's player)