Oskar Eustis : Why theater is essential to democracy

Oskar Eustis at TED2018
Why theater is essential to democracy  (transcript)
Summary
The word for democracy reminds me of my teacher's question. She always asks me what democracy is. This shows what an important word it is really.
Democracy is a system of government in which all the people choose their leaders, or a country with this system, A society characterized by equal rights and privileges, and people can have dreams.

Additionally, the speaker tells us that in a society of democracy, people have dialogues and even if they have the conflict of different points of views, it leads to the truth. The idea that truth comes from the collision of different ideas and the emotional muscle of empathy are the necessary tools for democratic citizenship, though, what happens now?

In America, the previous election has divided people completely.
There's no conversation, emotion, and compassion. It can produce nothing.
In the past, theaters had the commonality that people need and the sense of unity. It's whole senses and people were there. Thus going to a theater must mean that people take back their country, truth that there is in a society of democracy.

Words in this story
unity /noun/  union, unification, integration, coalition, federation
commonality /noun/ the state of sharing features or attributes.
collision /noun/  crash
unitary /adj/ forming a single or uniform entity. of or relating to a unit or units
segregate /verb/ be divided
democracy antonym autocracy