This is what democracy looks like | Anthony D. Romero

翻译人员: Conway Ye 校对人员: Yanyan Hong

Silicon Valley is obsessed with disruption,

硅谷一直热衷于动乱，

but these days, the biggest disruptor didn't come out of Silicon Valley.

但是目前，最大的动乱不是来自硅谷，

It came out of steel towns in Ohio,

来自俄亥俄州的钢铁镇，

rural communities in Pennsylvania,

宾西夕法利亚的农村地区，

the Panhandle in Florida.

以及佛罗里达走廊地带。

And this last US presidential election

而最近的一次美国大选，

was the mother of all disruptions.

是所有动乱的开端。

Once again, politics is personal.

政治再一次将个人卷入其中，

Millions of Americans became activists overnight,

数百万的美国人 一夜之间成为活动家，

pouring into the streets in record numbers

巨大的人潮在极短的时间内

in record time.

涌上街头。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

The election has done to family holiday dinners

这场选举给家庭聚会带来的影响

what Uber has done to New York City's taxi system.

堪比优步对纽约出租车行业的影响。

Couples have broken up and marriages disrupted.

夫妻反目，婚姻告急。

And the election is doing to my private life

而这场选举对我个人生活的影响，

what Amazon is doing to shopping malls.

正如亚马逊对购物中心的影响一样。

These days, the ACLU is on the front lines 24/7,

现在，美国民权同盟时刻处在最前线，

and even if I manage to sneak away for a couple of miles on the treadmill,

即使我能抽出时间 在跑步机上跑上几英里，

any cardio benefit I get is instantly obliterated

当我在头版上 又看到一条总统的推特时，

when I read another presidential tweet on the headline scroll.

有氧运动带来的好处 马上就被抵消掉了。

Even my secret pleasure

甚至我研究意大利画家

of studying the Italian painters

的秘密乐趣，

have been infected by politics.

也被政治给影响了。

Now, I study, even stalk, the old masters.

我的工作就是研究， 甚至追踪那些早期的绘画大师。

This is my desk,

这是我的办公桌，

with a postcard exhibition

上面展示了一些印有

of some famous and obscure paintings

著名的或不为人知的画作的明信片，

mostly from the Italian Renaissance.

大多数来自意大利文艺复兴时期。

Now, art used to provide me with a necessary break

我在美国民权同盟的日常工作中

from the hurly-burly of politics

所面对的喧嚣躁动的政治之外，

in my daily work at the ACLU,

艺术总能给我带来一些必要的休息，

but not anymore.

但是现在却再也不能了。

I was at the Women's March in San Francisco

就职典礼的第二天，

the day after inauguration,

我在旧金山女性游行的队伍中，

and the crowd was chanting, "This is what democracy looks like."

群众高喊“这就是民主的模样。”

"This is what democracy looks like."

“这就是民主的模样。”

And there I was holding my sign and my umbrella in the rain,

我在雨中举着伞和标语，

and I flashed on an old painting

脑中突然闪过了一张

that first captivated me many years ago.

很多年前让我着迷的画作，

I struggled to remember the different pieces

我艰难地拼凑着

of an actual painting

那幅描述好政府和坏政府的

of good and bad government.

主题画作。

It was almost like the old master was taunting me.

就像是某位绘画大师在嘲弄我，

You want to know what democracy looks like?

你想知道民主的模样？

Go back and look at my frescoes.

那就回来看看我的壁画。

And so I did.

我照做了。

In 1339, Ambrogio Lorenzetti finished a monumental commission

1339年，安布罗吉奥·洛伦泽蒂 在锡耶纳市政厅

in the governing council chamber of Siena's Palazzo Pubblico.

完成了一幅不朽的作品。

It's a painting that speaks to us, even screams to us, today.

那是一幅至今仍在 对我们诉说甚至呐喊的画作。

"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth,"

“艺术是一种诉说真理的谎言，”

Pablo Picasso once said.

巴勃罗·毕加索曾这样说。

And as we search for the truth about government,

而当我们寻找关于政府的真相时，

we should keep Ambrogio's work,

我们应当用我们的集体意识，

not a lie but an allegory, in our collective mind's eye.

将安布罗吉奥的画 看作一种寓言而不是谎言。

During Lorenzetti's time,

在洛伦泽蒂生活的时代，

the political legitimacy of Italian city-states

意大利城邦的政治合法性

was often on very shaky ground.

经常岌岌可危。

Siena was a republic,

锡耶纳曾经是一个共和国，

but there had been enormous unrest

但是在这幅画作

in the two decades leading up to the commission.

完成之前的二十年 一直处于巨大的动荡中。

Siena's political leaders, who would literally govern

锡耶纳的政治领袖们，也就是那些

under the eyes of these allegorical figures,

将在这张画中人的眼皮底下 治理国家的人，

were Lorenzetti's intended audience.

正是洛伦泽蒂的目标观众。

He was cataloging the obligations

他编排出了

of the governing to the governed.

统治者对被统治者的义务。

Now, you can spend years studying these frescoes.

你可以花费数年的时间 去研究这些壁画。

Some scholars have.

一些学者也这样做了。

I'm hardly an art historian,

我称不上是一个艺术史学家，

but I am passionate about art,

但是我对艺术充满热情，

and a work this massive can overwhelm me.

而这么一项巨大的工作 会让我应接不暇。

So first, I focus on the big stuff.

所以首先，我专注于大的方面，

This is the allegory of good government.

这是好政府的寓言。

The majestic figure here in the middle

中间这个庄严的人物，

is dressed in Siena's colors

他的衣服是锡耶纳的颜色，

and he personifies the republic itself.

他是这个共和国的化身。

Lorenzetti labels him "Commune,"

洛伦泽蒂称他为“公社”，

and he's basically telling the Sienese

他主要是在告诉锡耶纳人，

that they, and not a king or a tyrant, must rule themselves.

他们才是统治者， 而不是某个国王或暴君，

Now, surrounding Commune are his advisors.

在公社周围的是他的顾问。

Justice is enthroned.

正义女神坐在王座上。

She's looking up at the figure of wisdom,

正仰望着智慧女神，

who actually supports her scales of justice.

智慧女神帮她维持着正义天秤。

Concord, or Harmony,

和谐女神，

holds a string that comes off the scales of justice

抓着从正义天秤上垂下来的线，

that binds her to the citizens,

这线将她与民众连在一起，

making them all compatriots in the republic.

使他们成为共和国的同胞。

And finally we see Peace.

最后我们来看看和平女神，

She looks chilled out,

她看起来很放松，

like she's listening to Bob Marley.

就像是在听鲍勃·马利演唱。

When good government rules,

在好政府的统治下，

Peace doesn't break a sweat.

和平女神不需要汗流夹背。

Now, these are big images and big ideas,

这是一些大的图像和看法，

but I really love the small stuff.

但是我很喜欢小东西。

Along another wall,

沿着另一面墙，

Lorenzetti illustrates the effects of good government

洛伦泽蒂用普通民众的日常生活

on the real and everyday lives of ordinary people

加上一系列精致的小细节，

with a series of delicious little details.

阐明了好政府的影响。

In the countryside, the hills are landscaped and farmed.

在乡村，山地都被美化并被开垦，

Crops are being sown, hoed, reaped, milled, plowed,

庄稼的播种、锄草、 收割、碾磨以及土地的翻耕，

all in one picture.

都在同一张画图中呈现出来了。

Crops and livestock are being brought to market.

庄稼和牲畜被拿到市场上去，

In the city, builders raise a tower.

在城市里，建设者们正在修建一座塔，

People attend a law lecture, a TED Talk of the 14th century.

人们正在参加一场法律讲座， 好比是14世纪的TED演讲。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Schoolchildren play.

学童们正在玩耍。

Tradesmen thrive.

商人正在繁忙地交易。

Dancers larger than life dance with joy.

高大的舞者欢乐地跳着舞。

And watching over the republic is the winged figure Security,

而在共和国上空注视着一切的 是插着翅膀的守护女神。

whose banner reads,

她手上的横幅上写着，

"Everyone shall go forth freely without fear."

“所有人都应当 毫无畏惧地自由前行。”

Now, what's amazing about these images from 800 years ago

这些800年前的场景 最奇妙的地方是，

is that they're familiar to us today.

对于今天的我们来说是很熟悉的。

We see what democracy looks like.

我们看到了民主的面貌。

We experience the effects of good government in our lives,

我们经历着好政府 给我们的生活带来的影响，

just as Lorenzetti did in his life.

就像洛泽蒂 在他生命中所作的画一样。

But it is the allegory of bad government

但是自11月9日以来 一直萦绕在我心头的

that has been haunting me since November 9.

却是一个坏政府的故事。

It's badly damaged,

它已经被严重损毁，

but it reads like today's newspapers.

但是读起来就像是今天的新闻。

And ruling over bad government is not the Commune

统治坏政府的不是公社，

but the Tyrant.

而是暴君。

He has horns, tusks, crossed eyes,

他长着犄角、獠牙 还有一双斗鸡眼，

braided hair.

以及编织过的头发。

He obviously spends a lot of time on that hair.

很显然他在头发上 花费了很多时间。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Justice now lies helpless at his feet,

正义女神无助地靠在他的脚下，

shackled.

戴着镣铐。

Her scales have been severed.

她的正义天秤也被切断了。

Justice is the key antagonist to the Tyrant,

正义女神是暴君的主要敌手，

and she's been taken out.

而她却出局了。

Now, surrounding the Tyrant,

现在在暴君周围，

Lorenzetti illustrates the vices that animate bad government.

洛伦泽蒂描绘了 控制着坏政府的恶人，

Avarice is the old woman clutching the strongbox

代表贪婪的是 一手拿着保险箱、

and a fisherman's hook

一手用鱼钩把财产钩进去

to pull in her fortune.

的老女人。

Vainglory carries a mirror,

虚荣心拿着一面镜子，

and Lorenzetti warns us against narcissistic leaders

洛伦洛蒂警视我们要反对那些

who are guided by their own ego and vanity.

被自己的自负和虚荣 所迷惑的孤芳自赏的领袖。

On the Tyrant's right is Cruelty.

在暴君右边的是残酷。

Treason, half lamb, half scorpion,

半羊半蝎的不忠，

lulls us into a false sense of security

诱使我们进入一个安全的假象中，

and then poisons a republic.

然后毒害一个共和国。

Fraud, with the flighty wings of a bat.

欺骗，长着一对轻浮的蝠冀。

On the Tyrant's left, you see Division.

在暴君的左边，是分裂。

She's dressed in Siena's colors.

她穿着锡耶纳的颜色。

"Si" and "No" are painted on her body.

她的身上喷着“Si"和“No"。

She uses a carpenter's saw to chop her body in half.

她用一把锯 把自己的身体锯成两半。

And Fury wields the weapons of the mob,

暴怒挥舞着暴徒的武器，

the stone and knife.

石头和刀。

In the remainder of the fresco, Lorenzetti shows us

在壁画的剩余部分， 洛伦泽蒂向我们展示了

the inevitable effects of bad government.

坏政府的必然结果。

The civic ideals celebrated elsewhere in this room have failed us,

在别处能成功实现的公民理想 在这却不尽如人意，

and we see it.

而我们也看到了这一点。

The once beautiful city has fallen to pieces,

这座曾经美丽的城市 最终支离破碎。

the countryside barren,

乡村荒芜了，

the farms abandoned.

农场荒废了。

Many are in flames.

很多东西都在燃烧。

And in the sky above is not the winged figure Security,

天空之上不再是 长着翅膀的守护之神，

but that of Fear, whose banner reads:

而是恐惧，它的条幅上写着：

"None shall pass along this road

“没有人能不怀着对死亡的恐惧，

without fear of death."

去通过这条路。”

Now, the final image, the most important one, really,

最后的一幅画， 也是最重要的一幅，

is one that Lorenzetti did not paint.

是洛伦泽蒂不曾画出来的，

It is of the viewer.

也就是看到这幅画的观众。

Today, the audience for Lorenzetti's frescoes

今天，洛伦泽蒂壁画的观众，

is not the governing but the governed,

已经不是统治者，而是被统治者，

the individual who stands in front of his allegories

是那些站在他的壁画前

and walks away with insight,

洞悉一切后又离开，

who heeds a call to action.

并留意到它的行动号召的个体。

Lorenzetti warns us that we must recognize the shadows

洛伦泽蒂警告我们， 贪婪、欺骗、分裂甚至暴政，

of Avarice, Fraud, Division, even Tyranny

正漂浮在我们的政治系统里，

when they float across our political landscape,

我们必须要认清这些幽灵，

especially when those shadows are cast

特别是当这些幽灵是 由那些大声宣称

by political leaders loudly claiming to be the voice of good government

代表好政府的声音， 并承诺让美国再一次伟大

and promising to make America great again.

的政治领袖们扮演的时候。

And we must act.

我们必须行动起来。

Democracy must not be a spectator sport.

民主不能成为 一项观赏性体育运动。

The right to protest, the right to assemble freely,

游行的权利、自由集会的权利、

the right to petition one's government,

向政府请愿的权利，

these are not just rights.

这些不仅仅是权利。

In the face of Avarice, Fraud and Division,

在贪婪、欺骗和分裂面前，

these are obligations.

这些都是义务。

We have to disrupt --

我们必须打破——

(Applause)

（掌声）

We have to disrupt our lives

我们必须打破现有的生活，

so that we can disrupt

这样我们才能破坏和阻止，

the amoral accretion of power

那些可能背叛 我们的价值观的人，

by those who would betray our values.

他们会通过非道德的方式 加强自己的权力。

We and we the people

我们和我们的人民，

must raise justice up

必须高举正义的旗帜，

and must bring peace to our nation

必须为我们的国家带来和平，

and must come together in concord,

必须和谐共处，

and we have a choice.

而这一切都取决于我们的决定。

We could either paint ourselves

我们要么将自己画进

into the worst nightmare of Lorenzetti's bad government,

洛伦泽蒂的最糟糕的 坏政府的噩梦中，

or we can stay in the streets,

要么站上街头，

disruptive, messy, loud.

大声喊出我们的心声，

That is what democracy looks like.

这才是民主的模样。

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Chris Anderson: First of all, wow.

克里斯·安德森： 首先，哇。

Obviously, many people passionately --

很明显，有很多充满热情的人

you spoke to many people passionately here.

听到了你刚刚的演讲。

I'm sure there are other people here

但是我肯定这里还有另外一种人，

who'd say, look, Trump was elected by 63 million people.

他们会说，特朗普是 6300万美国人民选出来的。

He's far from perfect,

他可能不完美，

but he's trying to do what he was elected to do.

但是他正在努力的 去做好这个总统。

Shouldn't you give him a chance?

你不应该再给他一个机会吗？

Anthony Romero: I think we have to recognize

安东尼·罗梅罗： 我想我们必须分清，

the legitimacy of him as president

他作为总统的合法性，

versus the legitimacy of his policies.

跟他的政策的合法性。

And when so many of the policies are contrary to fundamental values,

当他的很多政策都 背离我们的基本价值观时，

that we're all equal under the law,

即法律面前人人平等，

that we're not judged by the color of our skin or the religion we worship,

以及不能以肤色或 宗教信仰来评判我们，

we have to contest those values

我们必须捍卫这些价值观，

even as we recognize and honor the fact

正如我们承认并尊重， 我们的民主

that our democracy rendered us a president who is championing those values.

给我们挑出的是一个 拥护这些价值观的总统这一事实。

CA: And the ACLU isn't just this force on the left, right?

安德森：美国民权同盟不仅仅 是左派的重要力量，对吗？

You're making other arguments as well.

关于其它的问题也有争论。

AR: Well, you know,

罗梅罗：这么说吧，

very often we piss everyone off at one point.

我们经常时不时地惹恼所有人。

That's what we do.

这就是我们所做的。

And we recently were taking stands

我们最近在拥护确保 安·库尔特

for why Ann Coulter needs to be able to speak at Berkeley,

能够在伯克利发表演讲，以及

and why Milo has free speech rights.

为什么麦洛拥有自由演讲的权利。

And we even wrote a blog

我们甚至写了一篇博客，

that almost burnt the house down among some of our members,

在我们的内部引发激烈讨论，

unfortunately, when we talked about the fact

不幸的是，我们认识到，

that even Donald Trump has free speech rights as president,

作为总统，特朗普也有自由言论权，

and an effort to hold him accountable

把他的行为

for incitement of violence at his marches or his rallies

当成暴力游行和集会的理由，

is unconstitutional and un-American.

也是违反宪法和美国精神的。

And when you put that statement out there

当你对外夸夸其谈，

to a very frothy base

对抗特朗普很令你激动，

that always is very excited for you to fight Donald Trump,

但是有人会说

and then you have a new one saying, "Wait, these rights are for everybody,

“等等，这些权利所有人都有。

even the president that we don't like."

甚至我们不喜欢的总统也是。”

And that's our job.

这才是我们要做的。

(Applause)

（掌声）

CA: Anthony, you spoke to so many of us so powerfully.

安德森：安东尼， 你的演讲非常有感染力。

Thank you so much. Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

（鼓掌）