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The Opening Speech

This year [2024] more than one half of the globe’s population go to the polls. In more than 64 countries, great swathes of people will be asked variations of one, eternal question: what do you think? This is not an easy question. It is a very difficult thing to hold an idea, and to handle it properly. Imagine shopping at a market. You may have heard of this market, it’s the marketplace of ideas, where discerning shoppers may inspect all the world’s opinions and choose some to take home with them.