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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #4076 Medium Democracy

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What is democratic about democracy! All officials should be selected by the lot, not election. You and I think what's democratic about our system. Who we gotta vote in elections? We don't know. In ancient greek ford, elections are oligarchic. They favour the rich the well educated etc, etc. Secondly all officials so selected must be responsible. Greek word which means that your balance submit your accounts, you gotta show that you spend public money lawfully, properly and in other words it's anti-corruption and thirdly all major public political decisions should be taken by the people. That is, the majority of the enfranchised adult male citizen people. Now to a normal anti-democrat, this is anathema. Democracy is Ochlocracy; another of those words of Greek derivation rule by the crowd, or mobocracy; as I have seen it called in in modern parts.

What does the speaker say about salient features of democracy?

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Oligarchs i.e. rich people must be favoured Public money must be used efficiently and lawfully Responsibility must be laid to ensure performance and improvement Anti corruption measures must be taken People can therefore participate in all political decisions Leaders must be educated enough

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Option 2: "Public money must be used efficiently and lawfully"

Explanation: The speaker emphasizes that officials must show they spend public money lawfully and properly, which aligns with the idea of using public money efficiently and lawfully.

Option 1: "Oligarchs i.e. rich people must be favoured"

Explanation: The text argues against the idea that elections favor the rich and well-educated, stating that elections are oligarchic. Therefore, this option contradicts the speaker's point.

Option 3: "Responsibility must be laid to ensure performance and improvement"

Explanation: While the text mentions that officials must be responsible, it does not specifically state that responsibility is about ensuring performance and improvement, making this option too broad and not directly supported.

Option 4: "Anti corruption measures must be taken"

Explanation: The speaker highlights the need for officials to demonstrate lawful spending of public money, which implies the necessity of anti-corruption measures.

Option 5: "People can therefore participate in all political decisions"

Explanation: The text states that major public political decisions should be taken by the people, indicating that participation in political decisions is a salient feature of democracy.

Option 6: "Leaders must be educated enough"

Explanation: The text critiques the notion that elections favor the educated, thus this option misrepresents the speaker's argument and is not supported by the text.

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