Benjamin Barber: Why mayors should rule the world

Prevoditelj: Stjepan Mateljan Recezent: Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG

Democracy is in trouble, no question about that,

Nema sumnje kako je demokracija u krizi,

and it comes in part from a deep dilemma

i to djelomice proizlazi iz dubokog proturječja

in which it is embedded.

u njenom korijenu.

It's increasingly irrelevant to the kinds of decisions

Sve je manje važna pri suočavanju s odlukama

we face that have to do with global pandemics,

o globalnim pandemijama,

a cross-border problem;

kao prekograničnim problemom;

with HIV, a transnational problem;

s HIV-om kao transnacionalnim problemom;

with markets and immigration,

s tržištima i useljenicima,

something that goes beyond national borders;

nečime što je iznad nacionalnih granica;

with terrorism, with war,

s terorizmom, s ratom,

all now cross-border problems.

sa svim današnjim prekograničnim problemima.

In fact, we live in a 21st-century world

Zapravo u 21. stoljeću živimo

of interdependence,

u međuzavisnom svijetu,

and brutal interdependent problems,

i sa surovim međuzavisnim problemima.

and when we look for solutions in politics and in democracy,

Tražimo li rješenja u politici i u demokraciji,

we are faced with political institutions

suočavamo se s političkim institucijama

designed 400 years ago,

stvorenima prije 400 godina,

autonomous, sovereign nation-states

sa samostalnim, suverenim nacionalnim državama,

with jurisdictions and territories

s pravnim nadležnostima i upravnim područjima,

separate from one another,

međusobno razdvojenima,

each claiming to be able to solve the problem

od kojih je svaka navodno u stanju riješiti probleme

of its own people.

svojih ljudi.

Twenty-first-century, transnational world

21. stoljeće, transnacionalni svijet

of problems and challenges,

problema i izazova,

17th-century world of political institutions.

svijet političkih institucija 17. stoljeća.

In that dilemma lies the central problem of democracy.

U ovome proturječju leži središnji problem demokracije.

And like many others, I've been thinking about

Poput mnogih drugih, razmišljao sam o tome

what can one do about this, this asymmetry

što netko može učiniti s ovim u vezi, s ovim nesrazmjerom

between 21st-century challenges

između izazova 21. stoljeća

and archaic and increasingly dysfunctional

te zastarjelih i sve neučinkovitijih

political institutions like nation-states.

političkih institucija poput nacionalnih država.

And my suggestion is

A ja bih predložio

that we change the subject,

da promijenimo temu,

that we stop talking about nations,

da prestanemo govoriti o nacijama,

about bordered states,

o "omeđenim" državama,

and we start talking about cities.

i započnemo govoriti o gradovima.

Because I think you will find, when we talk about cities,

Jer, vjerujem da ćete shvatiti da, dok govorimo o gradovima,

we are talking about the political institutions

govorimo o političkim ustanovama

in which civilization and culture were born.

u kojima su rođene civilizacija i kultura.

We are talking about the cradle of democracy.

Govorimo o kolijevci demokracije.

We are talking about the venues in which

Govorimo o mjestima gdje se nalaze

those public spaces where we come together

ti javni prostori na kojima se okupljamo

to create democracy, and at the same time

da bismo stvarali demokraciju i, istodobno,

protest those who would take our freedom, take place.

prosvjedovali protiv onih koji nam oduzimaju slobodu.

Think of some great names:

Prisjetite se nekih veličanstvenih imena:

the Place de la Bastille,

Place de la Bastille,

Zuccotti Park,

Zuccotti Park,

Tahrir Square,

Trg Tahrir,

Taksim Square in today's headlines in Istanbul,

Trg Taksim iz današnjih naslova, u Istanbulu,

or, yes,

ili, da,

Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

Trg Tiananmen u Pekingu.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Those are the public spaces

To su javni prostori

where we announce ourselves as citizens,

gdje se deklariramo kao građani,

as participants, as people with the right

kao sudionici, kao ljudi s pravom

to write our own narratives.

da ispisujemo vlastite priče.

Cities are not only the oldest of institutions,

Gradovi nisu tek najstariji među institucijama;

they're the most enduring.

oni su i najdugovječniji.

If you think about it,

Ako malo razmislite:

Constantinople, Istanbul, much older than Turkey.

Konstantinopol, Istanbul, mnogo je stariji od Turske.

Alexandria, much older than Egypt.

Aleksandrija, mnogo starija od Egipta.

Rome, far older than Italy.

Rim, daleko stariji od Italije.

Cities endure the ages.

Gradovi nadživljuju vjekove.

They are the places where we are born,

Oni su mjesta gdje se rađamo,

grow up, are educated, work, marry,

odrastamo, obrazujemo se, radimo, vjenčavamo se,

pray, play, get old, and in time, die.

molimo se, igramo se, starimo i, s vremenom, umiremo.

They are home.

Oni su dom.

Very different than nation-states,

Posve različiti od nacionalnih država,

which are abstractions.

koje su apstrakcije.

We pay taxes, we vote occasionally,

Plaćamo poreze, povremeno glasujemo,

we watch the men and women we choose rule

gledamo muškarce i žene koje biramo kako vladaju,

rule more or less without us.

vladaju, manje više, bez nas.

Not so in those homes known as our towns

Tako nije u tim domovima znanim kao naši gradići

and cities where we live.

i gradovi, u kojima živimo.

Moreover, today, more than half of the world's population

Štoviše, danas, više od polovice svjetske populacije

live in cities.

živi u gradovima.

In the developed world, it's about 78 percent.

U razvijenom svijetu - oko 78 posto.

More than three out of four people

Više od tri četvrtine ljudi danas

live in urban institutions, urban places,

živi u urbanim ustanovama, urbanim mjestima,

in cities today.

u gradovima.

So cities are where the action is.

Gradovi su mjesta zbivanja.

Cities are us. Aristotle said in the ancient world,

Gradovi su -- mi. Aristotel je nekad davno rekao

man is a political animal.

kako je čovjek politička životinja.

I say we are an urban animal.

Ja kažem da smo gradske životinje.

We are an urban species, at home in our cities.

Mi smo gradska bića; dom nam je u našim gradovima.

So to come back to the dilemma,

No, vratimo se našoj dvojbi...

if the dilemma is we have old-fashioned

Ako ne znamo što bismo sa staromodnim

political nation-states unable to govern the world,

političkim nacionalnim državama nesposobnima da upravljaju svijetom,

respond to the global challenges that we face

da odgovore na globalne izazove s kojima se suočavamo,

like climate change,

poput klimatskih promjena,

then maybe it's time for mayors to rule the world,

onda je možda vrijeme da gradonačelnici zavladaju svijetom,

for mayors and the citizens and the peoples they represent

za gradonačelnike i građane, i za ljude koje oni predstavljaju

to engage in global governance.

da se uključe u upravljanje svijetom.

Kad kažem: "Kad bi gradonačelnici upravljali svijetom...",

When I say if mayors ruled the world,

when I first came up with that phrase,

kada mi je prvi put došao taj izraz,

it occurred to me that actually, they already do.

sinulo mi je da oni, zapravo, doista to i čine.

There are scores of international, inter-city,

Mnoštvo je međunarodnih, međugradskih,

cross-border institutions, networks of cities

prekograničnih institucija, mreža gradova

in which cities are already, quite quietly,

u kojima gradovi već, prilično tiho,

below the horizon, working together

neprimjetno, zajedno surađuju

to deal with climate change, to deal with security,

u suočavanju s klimatskim promjenama, sa sigurnosnim problemima,

to deal with immigration,

s useljeničkim pitanjima,

to deal with all of those tough,

u suočavanju sa svim tim teškim,

interdependent problems that we face.

međusobno povezanim problemima.

They have strange names:

Neobičnih su naziva:

UCLG,

UGLU,

United Cities and Local Governments;

Udruženi gradovi i lokalne uprave;

ICLEI,

MVLOP,

the International Council for Local Environmental Issues.

Međunarodno vijeće za lokalna okolišna pitanja.

And the list goes on:

Popis se i nastavlja:

Citynet in Asia; City Protocol, a new organization

Citynet u Aziji; City Protocol, nova organizacija

out of Barcelona that is using the web

iz Barcelone, koja koristi Internet

to share best practices among countries.

za širenje najboljih iskustava među zemljama.

A potom i svi oni koje bolje poznajemo:

And then all the things we know a little better,

the U.S. Conference of Mayors,

Američko vijeće gradonačelnika,

the Mexican Conference of Mayors,

Meksičko vijeće gradonačelnika,

the European Conference of Mayors.

Europsko vijeće gradonačelnika.

Mayors are where this is happening.

Gradonačelnici su ključni igrači.

And so the question is,

Prema tome, pitanje je:

how can we create a world

Kako možemo stvoriti svijet

in which mayors and the citizens they represent

u kojemu gradonačelnici i građani koje oni predstavljaju,

play a more prominent role?

igraju istaknutiju ulogu?

Well, to understand that,

Da bismo to razumjeli,

we need to understand why cities are special,

trebamo razumjeti zašto su gradovi tako posebni;

why mayors are so different

zašto se gradonačelnici toliko razlikuju

than prime ministers and presidents,

od premijera i predsjednika?

because my premise is that a mayor and a prime minister

Jer, moja je premisa da su gradonačelnik i premijer

are at the opposite ends of a political spectrum.

na suprotnim krajevima političkog spektra.

To be a prime minister or a president,

Da biste bili premijer ili predsjednik,

you have to have an ideology,

morate imati ideologiju,

you have to have a meta-narrative,

morate imati meta-priču,

you have to have a theory of how things work,

morate imati pojma o tome kako stvari funkcioniraju,

you have to belong to a party.

morate pripadati stranci.

Independents, on the whole,

Neovisni, općenito,

don't get elected to office.

ne bivaju izabrani.

But mayors are just the opposite.

Gradonačelnici su upravo suprotni njima.

Mayors are pragmatists, they're problem-solvers.

Oni su pragmatičari, oni rješavaju probleme.

Their job is to get things done, and if they don't,

Njihov je posao da rješavaju probleme, i ako to ne čine,

they're out of a job.

ostaju bez posla.

Mayor Nutter of Philadelphia said,

Gradonačelnik Philadelphije, Nutter, rekao je:

we could never get away here in Philadelphia

Mi se u Philadelphiji nikad ne bismo izvukli

with the stuff that goes on in Washington,

s onime što se redovito događa u Washingtonu,

the paralysis, the non-action, the inaction.

paraliza, neaktivnost, pasivnost.

Why? Because potholes have to get filled,

Zašto? Zato što se rupe na cestama moraju začepiti,

because the trains have to run,

zato što vlakovi moraju voziti,

because kids have to be able to get to school.

zato što djeca moraju moći doći do svojih škola.

And that's what we have to do,

I to je ono što moramo učiniti.

and to do that is about pragmatism

A da bismo to učinili, potreban nam je pragmatizam

in that deep, American sense,

u onom pravom, američkom smislu -

reaching outcomes.

ostvarivanja rezultata.

Washington, Beijing, Paris, as world capitals,

Washington, Peking ili Pariz, kao svjetske prijestolnice,

are anything but pragmatic,

sve su samo ne pragmatične.

but real city mayors have to be pragmatists.

No, pravi gradonačelnici to moraju biti.

They have to get things done,

Oni moraju rješavati stvari,

they have to put ideology and religion and ethnicity aside

oni moraju zanemariti ideološke, religijske ili etničke razlike,

and draw their cities together.

i homogenizirati gradove koje vode.

We saw this a couple of decades ago

Prije nekoliko desetljeća smo to vidjeli,

when Teddy Kollek, the great mayor of Jerusalem

kad je Teddy Kollek, glasoviti gradonačelnik Jeruzalema

in the '80s and the '90s,

u 80-ima i 90-ima,

was besieged one day in his office

u svome uredu jednoga dana bio okružen

by religious leaders from all of the backgrounds,

religijskim vođama svih provenijencija,

Christian prelates, rabbis, imams.

kršćanski prelatima, rabinima, imamima.

They were arguing with one another

Raspravljali su međusobno

about access to the holy sites.

o pristupu svetim mjestima.

And the squabble went on and on,

Prepirke su trajale i trajale,

and Kollek listened and listened,

a Kollek je strpljivo slušao,

and he finally said, "Gentlemen,

i konačno rekao: "Gospodo,

spare me your sermons,

poštedite me svojih propovijedi,

and I will fix your sewers."

i ja ću popraviti vaše odvode."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

That's what mayors do.

To rade gradonačelnici.

They fix sewers, they get the trains running.

Popravljaju odvode, osiguravaju da vlakovi voze.

There isn't a left or a right way of doing.

Ne postoji lijevi li desni način kako da se to učini.

Boris Johnson in London calls himself an anarcho-Tory.

Boris Johnson, u Londonu, naziva sebe anarhotorijevcem.

Strange term, but in some ways, he is.

Čudan izraz, ali, na neki način, on to i jest.

He's a libertarian. He's an anarchist.

On je libertarijanac. Anarhist.

He rides to work on a bike,

Vozi se biciklom na posao,

but at the same time, he's in some ways a conservative.

ali je istodobno, na neki način, konzervativan.

Bloomberg in New York was a Democrat,

U New Yorku, Bloomberg je bio demokrat,

da bi potom bio republikanac,

then he was a Republican,

and finally he was an Independent, and said

a konačno i nezavisan, i on je rekao

the party label just gets in the way.

da mu je stranačka oznaka samo smetnja.

Luzhkov, 20 years mayor in Moscow,

Lužkov, 20 godina gradonačelnik Moskve,

though he helped found a party, United Party with Putin,

iako je sudjelovao u stvaranju stranke, Ujedinjene stranke, s Putinom,

in fact refused to be defined by the party

na koncu je odbio identifikaciju sa strankom

and finally, in fact, lost his job not under Brezhnev,

i izgubio posao, ne pod Brežnjevom,

not under Gorbachev, but under Putin,

ne pod Gorbačovom, nego pod Putinom

who wanted a more faithful party follower.

koji je želio vjernijeg stranačkog sljedbenika.

So mayors are pragmatists and problem-solvers.

Prema tome, gradonačelnici su pragmatičari i rješavači problema.

They get things done.

Oni rješavaju stvari.

But the second thing about mayors

Druga stvar vezana uz gradonačelnike

is they are also what I like to call homeboys,

jest ta da su oni, kako ja to volim zvati, domaći dečki,

or to include the women mayors, homies.

ili, ako uključimo i žene, domaći ljudi.

They're from the neighborhood.

Oni su tu, iz susjedstva.

They're part of the neighborhood. They're known.

Oni su dio susjedstva. Ljudi ih poznaju.

Ed Koch used to wander around New York City

Ed Koch je običavao šetati New Yorkom

saying, "How am I doing?"

govoreći: "Kako sam?"

Imagine David Cameron

Zamislite Davida Camerona

wandering around the United Kingdom

kako skita Ujedinjenim Kraljevstvom

asking, "How am I doing?" He wouldn't like the answer.

pitajući: "Kako sam?" Ne bi mu se svidio odgovor.

Or Putin. Or any national leader.

Ili Putin. Ili bilo koji drugi nacionalni vođa.

Koch je to mogao pitati zato što je poznavao Njujorčane,

He could ask that because he knew New Yorkers

and they knew him.

i oni su poznavali njega.

Mayors are usually from the places they govern.

Gradonačelnici uglavnom potječu iz mjesta kojima upravljaju.

It's pretty hard to be a carpetbagger and be a mayor.

Prilično je teško došljaku postati gradonačelnikom.

You can run for the Senate out of a different state,

Za Senat se možete natjecati ako ste iz druge savezne države,

but it's hard to do that as a mayor.

ali u tome je teško uspjeti ako se radi o gradonačelničkoj ulozi.

And as a result, mayors and city councillors

Posljedično, gradonačelnici i gradski vijećnici,

and local authorities

lokalne vlasti,

have a much higher trust level,

uživaju znatno više povjerenja --

and this is the third feature about mayors,

i to je treća značajka gradonačelnika --

than national governing officials.

od političara na nacionalnoj razini.

In the United States, we know the pathetic figures:

U Sjedinjenim Državama bilježimo jadne brojke:

18 percent of Americans approve of Congress

18 % Amerikanaca podržava Kongres

and what they do.

i ono što ondje čine.

And even with a relatively popular president like Obama,

Čak i s relativno popularnim predsjednikom poput Obame,

the figures for the Presidency run about 40, 45,

podrška njegovu predsjedništvu kreće se oko 40, 45,

sometimes 50 percent at best.

katkad 50 %, u najboljem slučaju.

The Supreme Court has fallen way down from what it used to be.

Vrhovni Sud izgubio je svoj značaj kakav je nekad imao.

But when you ask, "Do you trust your city councillor,

Ali, upitate li: "Vjerujete li svom gradskom vijećniku,

do you trust your mayor?"

vjerujete li svome gradonačelniku?",

the rates shoot up to 70, 75, even 80 percent,

stope se podižu do 70, 75, čak i 80 %,

because they're from the neighborhood,

jer oni su iz susjedstva,

because the people they work with are their neighbors,

jer su ljudi s kojima rade njihovi susjedi,

because, like Mayor Booker in Newark,

jer, poput gradonačelnika Bookera iz Newarka,

a mayor is likely to get out of his car on the way to work

gradonačelnik će, vjerojatno, na putu do posla izaći iz auta

and go in and pull people out of a burning building --

i utrčati u zgradu koja gori i izvući ljude --

that happened to Mayor Booker --

što se dogodilo gradonačelniku Bookeru --

or intervene in a mugging in the street as he goes to work

ili se uplesti u ulično razbojstvo na putu do posla

because he sees it.

jer ga primijeti.

No head of state would be permitted

Nijednom državnom čelniku ne bi

by their security details to do it,

njegovo osiguranje dopustilo to učini,

nor be in a position to do it.

niti bi on ikad bio u prilici to učiniti.

That's the difference, and the difference

U tome je razlika, i ta razlika

has to do with the character of cities themselves,

proizlazi iz karaktera gradova,

because cities are profoundly multicultural,

budući da su gradovi istinski multikulturalni,

open, participatory, democratic,

otvoreni, participativni, demokratični,

able to work with one another.

sposobni raditi jedni s drugima.

When states face each other,

Kad se države suoče,

China and the U.S., they face each other like this.

na primjer Kina i SAD, one se suoče ovako.

When cities interact, they interact like this.

Kad gradovi međudjeluju, međudjeluju ovako.

China and the U.S., despite the recent

Kina i SAD, unatoč nedavnom

meta-meeting in California,

meta-sastanku u Kaliforniji,

are locked in all kinds of anger, resentment, and rivalry

zapele su raznim oblicima srdžbe, ojađenosti i suparništva

for number one.

za prvu poziciju u svijetu.

We heard more about who will be number one.

Čuli smo već tko bi mogao biti broj jedan.

Cities don't worry about number one.

Gradovi ne brinu o broju jedan.

They have to work together, and they do work together.

Oni moraju surađivati, i oni surađuju.

They work together in climate change, for example.

Surađuju u klimatskim promjenama, primjerice.

Organizations like the C40, like ICLEI, which I mentioned,

Organizacije poput C40, poput MVLOP-a kojega sam već spomenuo,

have been working together

surađivale su puno,

many, many years before Copenhagen.

puno godina prije Kopenhagena.

In Copenhagen, four or five years ago,

A u Kopenhagenu, prije četiri ili pet godina,

184 nations came together to explain to one another

184 su se nacije našle da bi jedna drugoj objasnile

why their sovereignty didn't permit them

zašto im njihov suverenitet ne dopušta

to deal with the grave, grave crisis of climate change,

da se bave ovom opasnom krizom oko klimatskih promjena,

but the mayor of Copenhagen had invited

dok je gradonačelnik Kopenhagena pozvao

200 mayors to attend.

200 gradonačelnika.

They came, they stayed, and they found ways

Došli su, ostali, i iznašli načine

and are still finding ways to work together,

i još uvijek iznalaze načine zajedničkog surađivanja,

city-to-city, and through inter-city organizations.

gradova s gradovima, kroz udruge gradova.

Eighty percent of carbon emissions come from cities,

Gradovi su zaslužni za 80 % emisije ugljičnog dioksida,

which means cities are in a position

što znači da gradovi mogu

to solve the carbon problem, or most of it,

riješiti problem ugljičnoga dioksida, ili veći dio toga problema,

whether or not the states of which they are a part

neovisno o tome što čine države

make agreements with one another.

kojih su ti gradovi dio.

And they are doing it.

I gradovi to čine.

Los Angeles cleaned up its port,

Los Angeles je očistio svoju luku

which was 40 percent of carbon emissions,

koja je stvarala 40 % emisije ugljičnog dioksida,

and as a result got rid of about 20 percent of carbon.

što je rezultiralo smanjenjem od 20 % ugljičnog dioksida.

New York has a program to upgrade its old buildings,

New York ima program obnove svojih starih zgrada

make them better insulated in the winter,

s ciljem bolje toplinske izolacije zimi,

to not leak energy in the summer,

radi sprečavanja ispuštanja energije ljeti,

not leak air conditioning. That's having an impact.

radi sprečavanja curenja rashladnih uređaja. Sve to ima utjecaja.

Bogota, where Mayor Mockus,

U Bogoti je gradonačelnik Mockus,

when he was mayor, he introduced a transportation system

dok je bio gradonačelnik, uveo prijevozni sustav

that saved energy, that allowed surface buses

koji je štedio energiju, koji je omogućio cestovnim autobusima

da budu učinkoviti poput podzemne željeznice --

to run in effect like subways,

express buses with corridors.

brzi autobusi s koridorima.

It helped unemployment, because people could get across town,

To je smanjilo nezaposlenost, jer su ljudi mogli prijeći čitav grad,

and it had a profound impact on climate as well as

a imalo je i snažan utjecaj na klimu

kao i na mnogo što drugo ondje.

many other things there.

Singapore, as it developed its high-rises

Singapur je, kako je gradio nebodere

and its remarkable public housing,

i svoje znamenite stambene zgrade,

also developed an island of parks,

izgradio i otok parkova,

i, odete li onamo, vidjet ćete koliko

and if you go there, you'll see how much of it

is green land and park land.

ima zelenila i parkova.

Cities are doing this, but not just one by one.

Gradovi to rade, ali ne jedan po jedan.

They are doing it together.

Oni to zajedno rade.

They are sharing what they do,

Dijele međusobno što rade,

and they are making a difference by shared best practices.

i dijeljenjem tih najboljih iskustava oni doista poboljšavaju svijet.

Dijeljenje bicikala, mnogi ste za to čuli,

Bike shares, many of you have heard of it,

started 20 or 30 years ago in Latin America.

započelo je prije 20 ili 30 godina u Latinskoj Americi.

Now it's in hundreds of cities around the world.

Sad ga imamo u stotinama gradova širom svijeta.

Pedestrian zones, congestion fees,

Pješačke zone, naknade zbog zagušenja,

emission limits in cities like California cities have,

emisijske kvote u gradovima poput onih u Kaliforniji,

there's lots and lots that cities can do

puno je toga što gradovi mogu učiniti

even when opaque, stubborn nations refuse to act.

čak i kad nerazumljive, tvrdoglave nacije odbijaju djelovati.

So what's the bottom line here?

Pa koji je onda zaključak?

The bottom line is, we still live politically

Zaključak je, i dalje živimo politički

in a world of borders, a world of boundaries,

u svijetu granica, svijetu ograničenja,

a world of walls,

svijetu zidova,

a world where states refuse to act together.

svijetu gdje države odbijaju djelovati zajedno.

Yet we know that the reality we experience

Ipak znamo kako je stvarnost koju

day to day is a world without borders,

doživljavamo svakodnevno svijet bez granica,

a world of diseases without borders

svijet bolesti bez granica

and doctors without borders,

i doktora bez granica,

maladies sans frontières, Médecins Sans Frontières,

maladies sans frontières, Médecins Sans Frontières,

of economics and technology without borders,

ekonomije i tehnologije bez granica,

of education without borders,

obrazovanja bez granica,

of terrorism and war without borders.

terorizma i rata bez granica.

That is the real world, and unless we find a way

To je pravi svijet i ako ne nađemo način

to globalize democracy or democratize globalization,

da globaliziramo demokraciju i demokratiziramo globalizaciju,

we will increasingly not only risk

sve ćemo više riskirati ne samo

the failure to address all of these transnational problems,

promašaj u rješavanju tih prekograničnih problema,

but we will risk losing democracy itself,

već ćemo riskirati i samu demokraciju,

locked up in the old nation-state box,

zaključanu u staru kutiju nacionalne države,

unable to address global problems democratically.

nesposobnu da riješi globalne probleme demokratski.

So where does that leave us?

Pa gdje nas to ostavlja?

I'll tell you. The road to global democracy

Reći ću vam. Put ka globalnoj demokraciji

doesn't run through states.

ne ide kroz države.

It runs through cities.

Ide kroz gradove.

Democracy was born in the ancient polis.

Demokracija se rodila u antičkom polisu.

I believe it can be reborn in the global cosmopolis.

Vjerujem da se može nanovo roditi u globalnom kozmopolisu.

In that journey from polis to cosmopolis,

Na tom putovanju od polisa do kozmopolisa,

we can rediscover the power

možemo nanovo otkriti moć

of democracy on a global level.

demokracije na globalnoj razini.

We can create not a League of Nations, which failed,

Možemo stvoriti ne Ligu naroda, koja je propala,

but a League of Cities,

nego Ligu gradova,

not a United or a dis-United Nations,

ne Ujedinjene narode ili Razjedinjene narode,

but United Cities of the World.

nego Ujedinjene gradove svijeta.

We can create a global parliament of mayors.

Možemo stvoriti globalni sabor gradonačelnika.

That's an idea. It's in my conception of the coming world,

Ovo je ideja. To je moja koncepcija nadolazećeg svijeta,

but it's also on the table in City Halls

ali također je i u raspravi u vijećnicama

in Seoul, Korea, in Amsterdam,

u Seoulu, Koreji, u Amsterdamu,

in Hamburg, and in New York.

U Hamburgu, i u New Yorku.

Mayors are considering that idea of how you can actually

Gradonačelnici razmatraju tu ideju kako bi se zbilja dao

constitute a global parliament of mayors,

sastaviti globalni sabor gradonačelnika,

and I love that idea, because a parliament of mayors

i volim tu ideju jer je sabor gradonačelnika

is a parliament of citizens

sabor građana

and a parliament of citizens is a parliament of us,

a sabor građana je sabor nas,

of you and of me.

vas i mene.

If ever there were citizens without borders,

Ako će ikada biti građana bez granica,

I think it's the citizens of TED

mislim da su građani TED-a

who show the promise to be those citizens without borders.

oni koji su obećavajući takvi građani bez granica.

I am ready to reach out and embrace

Ja sam spreman otvoriti se i prigrliti

a new global democracy,

novu globalnu demokraciju,

to take back our democracy.

da bismo povratili svoju demokraciju.

And the only question is,

Jedino pitanje je:

are you?

Jeste li vi?

Thank you so much, my fellow citizens.

Hvala vam najljepša, moji dragi sugrađani.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Thank you. (Applause)

Hvala vam. (Pljesak)