Ralph Nader : What it takes to create social change against all odds

Ralph Nader·TEDMED 2020

What takes to create social change against all odds

Summary

In the first place, l fixed the blame on older people because we were told that we should be awed by corporate and political power anytime and anywhere.

However, the speaker’s option is different because he fought against companies and political misdeeds which hoped to get only benefits, even if many lives were lost. His team was small and didn’t have enough money, though, with the words: Justice is the great interest of man on earth, he started to learn that we don’t know what to do and continued it. It has led to breaking through authorities and enabling to change histories a little. It’s the same as what young people do to stop climate change. It was really hard to work for women’s right to vote, antislavery, harmful toxic chemicals in the rivers, severe car accidents, regulate the tobacco, and etc. The speaker continued and humbly tells us that passing a law is only the first step, the next step is defending the law.

There are no permanent victories. If you’re willing to lose persistently, your causes can become winners in time. What the speaker did is to create social change against all odds.