We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim | Lawrence Lessig

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Once upon a time,
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很久很久以前
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there was a place called Lesterland.
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有個地方叫做萊斯特國(Lesterland)
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Now Lesterland looks a lot like the United States.
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萊斯特國跟美國很像
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Like the United States, it has about 311 million people,
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跟美國一樣,人口數大約有3.11億
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and of that 311 million people,
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而這3.11億人當中
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it turns out 144,000 are called Lester.
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有14.4萬人叫萊斯特(Lester)
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If Matt's in the audience,
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若麥特 (辛普森家庭製作人) 在現場
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I just borrowed that, I'll return it in a second,
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你的卡通人物借我用一下
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this character from your series.
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馬上就還
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So 144,000 are called Lester,
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那麼 14.4萬人叫萊斯特
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which means about .05 percent is named Lester.
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代表 0.05%的人叫萊斯特
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Now, Lesters in Lesterland have this extraordinary power.
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這些萊斯特在萊斯特國有非凡的力量
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There are two elections every election cycle in Lesterland.
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每逢選舉會有兩次投票
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One is called the general election.
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一個叫做大選
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The other is called the Lester election.
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另一個叫做萊斯特選
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And in the general election, it's the citizens who get to vote,
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在大選中,是由公民投票
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but in the Lester election, it's the Lesters who get to vote.
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但在萊斯特選是由萊斯特們投票
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And here's the trick.
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這其中的竅門是
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In order to run in the general election,
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為了在大選參選
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you must do extremely well
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你必須在萊斯特選
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in the Lester election.
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表現非常出色
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You don't necessarily have to win, but you must do extremely well.
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你大可不必贏 但絕對需要表現出色
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Now, what can we say about democracy in Lesterland?
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那麼 我們可以怎麼說萊斯特國的民主?
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What we can say, number one,
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我們可以說 第一
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as the Supreme Court said in Citizens United,
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就如同最高法院在聯合公民中所說的
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that people have the ultimate influence over elected officials,
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人民對當選官員有最終的影響
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because, after all, there is a general election,
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畢竟是有大選
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but only after the Lesters have had their way
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但只在萊斯特們依照自己所願
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with the candidates who wish to run in the general election.
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讓他們想要的候選人參選大選
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And number two, obviously, this dependence upon the Lesters
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第二呢 很明顯 取決於萊斯特們的選擇
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is going to produce a subtle, understated,
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會產生一個微妙、低調
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we could say camouflaged, bending
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甚至是可以說偽裝的讓步
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to keep the Lesters happy.
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只為滿足讓萊斯特們
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Okay, so we have a democracy, no doubt,
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毫無疑問的 我們確實有民主
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but it's dependent upon the Lesters
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但取決於萊斯特們
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and dependent upon the people.
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再取決於人民
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It has competing dependencies,
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他們有互相競爭關係
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we could say conflicting dependencies,
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我們也可以說是相互衝突的關係
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depending upon who the Lesters are.
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端看萊斯特們是誰
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Okay. That's Lesterland.
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這就是萊斯特國
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Now there are three things I want you to see now that I've described Lesterland.
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現在有三件事情我想讓你們看看關於萊斯特國
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Number one, the United States is Lesterland.
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第一 美國就是萊斯特國
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The United States is Lesterland.
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美國就是萊斯特國
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The United States also looks like this, also has two elections,
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美國也是如此,也有兩次投票
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one we called the general election,
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一個叫做大選
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the second we should call the money election.
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另一個我們應該叫做錢選
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In the general election, it's the citizens who get to vote,
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在大選中 是由人民投票
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if you're over 18, in some states if you have an ID.
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只要你年滿18歲,在一些州你要有身分證 (就可以投票)
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In the money election, it's the funders who get to vote,
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在前選中是由投資人投票
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the funders who get to vote, and just like in Lesterland,
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是由投資人投票,也和萊斯特國一樣
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the trick is, to run in the general election,
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竅門在於 要參選大選
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you must do extremely well in the money election.
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你必須在錢選中表現得非常出色
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You don't necessarily have to win. There is Jerry Brown.
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你大可不必贏 傑利布朗是個例外
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But you must do extremely well.
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但你必須表現得非常出色
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And here's the key: There are just as few relevant funders
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關鍵在這:美國的投資人數量
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in USA-land as there are Lesters in Lesterland.
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跟萊斯特國的萊斯特們一樣少
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Now you say, really?
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你可能會說 真假的?
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Really .05 percent?
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真的才 0.05%?
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Well, here are the numbers from 2010:
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這些是2010年的數據
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.26 percent of America
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美國 0.26%
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gave 200 dollars or more to any federal candidate,
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給了200美金或以上給任何一位候選人
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.05 percent gave the maximum amount to any federal candidate,
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0.05%給了最高上限金額給任何一位候選人
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.01 percent -- the one percent of the one percent --
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0.01% 也就是百分之一的百分之一
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gave 10,000 dollars or more to federal candidates,
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給了 1萬美金或以上給候選人
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and in this election cycle, my favorite statistic
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而在這輪選舉,我最愛的一個數據
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is .000042 percent
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是 0.000042%
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— for those of you doing the numbers, you know that's 132 Americans —
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那些正在計算的人,會知道132美國人
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gave 60 percent of the Super PAC money spent
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提供了超級政治促進會 (Super PAC) 60%的資金
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in the cycle we have just seen ending.
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就在剛結束的這場選舉
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So I'm just a lawyer, I look at this range of numbers,
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我只是個律師 我看了這些數字
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and I say it's fair for me to say
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我想我可以很公正地說
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it's .05 percent who are our relevant funders in America.
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在美國,0.05% 才是相關投資者
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In this sense, the funders are our Lesters.
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照這麼說,投資者就是萊斯特們
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Now, what can we say about this democracy in USA-land?
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那麼 我們可以怎說美國的民主?
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Well, as the Supreme Court said in Citizens United,
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就如同最高法院在聯合公民中所說的
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we could say, of course the people have the ultimate influence
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我們可以說,人民當然對當選官員
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over the elected officials. We have a general election,
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有最終的影響。我們有大選
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but only after the funders have had their way
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但只能在投資人如他們所願
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with the candidates who wish to run in that general election.
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讓他們希望的候選人參選大選
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And number two, obviously,
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第二呢 很明顯
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this dependence upon the funders
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取決於投資者的選擇
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produces a subtle, understated, camouflaged bending
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會產生一個微妙、低調、偽裝的讓步
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to keep the funders happy.
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來滿足投資人
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Candidates for Congress and members of Congress
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國會候選人和國會議員
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spend between 30 and 70 percent of their time
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都會花大約30%到70%的時間
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raising money to get back to Congress
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籌備資金好讓他們回到國會
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or to get their party back into power,
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或是讓他們的黨派重拾權力
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and the question we need to ask is, what does it do to them,
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我們需要問是 對於這些人,到底有什麼好處
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these humans, as they spend their time
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把時間花在
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behind the telephone, calling people they've never met,
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打電話給那些他素不相識的人
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but calling the tiniest slice of the one percent?
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而不打給屬於那百分之一的人?
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As anyone would, as they do this,
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就像每個人都會做的
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they develop a sixth sense, a constant awareness
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他們會逐漸產生種直覺跟意識針對
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about how what they do might affect their ability to raise money.
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他們所做的將如何影響籌集資金的能力
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They become, in the words of "The X-Files,"
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套X檔案的說法,他們會變成
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shape-shifters, as they constantly adjust their views
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變形人,因為他們會為了籌集更多資金
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in light of what they know will help them to raise money,
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不斷調整他們的觀點
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not on issues one to 10,
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不是從1到10 的問題上去調整
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but on issues 11 to 1,000.
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而是從11到1千
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Leslie Byrne, a Democrat from Virginia,
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來自維吉尼亞州的民主黨員,萊思麗柏恩
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describes that when she went to Congress,
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說她剛到國會的時候
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she was told by a colleague, "Always lean to the green."
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一位同僚對她說:「千萬要向綠色靠攏」
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Then to clarify, she went on,
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為了澄清一下,她接著說
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"He was not an environmentalist." (Laughter)
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「他不是個環保主義者」 (笑聲)
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So here too we have a democracy,
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那麼我們也是有民主的
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a democracy dependent upon the funders
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一個取決於投資者
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and dependent upon the people,
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和人民的民主
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competing dependencies,
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有著相互競爭的關係
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possibly conflicting dependencies
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也可能相互衝突的關係
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depending upon who the funders are.
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取決於投資者是誰
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Okay, the United States is Lesterland, point number one.
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好 美國就是萊斯特國 這是第一點
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Here's point number two.
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接下來 第二點
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The United States is worse than Lesterland,
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美國比萊斯特國更糟
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worse than Lesterland because you can imagine in Lesterland
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比萊斯國更糟因為你可以想像在萊斯特國
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if we Lesters got a letter from the government that said,
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如果萊斯特們收到一封來自政府的信寫著
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"Hey, you get to pick who gets to run in the general election,"
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「嘿,你們可以挑參選大選的候選人」
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we would think maybe of a kind of aristocracy of Lesters.
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我們或許會覺得萊斯特們是有特權階級的貴族
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You know, there are Lesters from every part of social society.
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你知道 有來自社會各階級的萊斯特
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There are rich Lesters, poor Lesters, black Lesters, white Lesters,
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有錢萊斯特、窮萊斯特、黑種萊斯特、白種萊斯特
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not many women Lesters, but put that to the side for one second.
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沒太多女萊斯特,但先把這撇開不談
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We have Lesters from everywhere. We could think,
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我們有來自各地的萊斯特。我們可以想
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"What could we do to make Lesterland better?"
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「我們能做什麼讓萊斯特國更好」
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It's at least possible the Lesters would act for the good of Lesterland.
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至少有個可能萊斯特們是為了萊斯特國的利益著想
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But in our land, in this land, in USA-land,
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但在我們的國家,這國家,在美國
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there are certainly some sweet Lesters out there,
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當然的也有些可愛的萊斯特
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many of them in this room here today,
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今天在場的很多都是
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but the vast majority of Lesters act for the Lesters,
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但是大部分的萊斯特是為了萊斯特們的利益著想
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because the shifting coalitions that are comprising the .05 percent
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由聯盟所組成的那0.05%
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are not comprising it for the public interest.
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並不是為了大眾的利益而組成的
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It's for their private interest. In this sense, the USA is worse than Lesterland.
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是為了他們各人的利益。也就是說,美國比萊斯特更糟
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And finally, point number three:
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終於來到第三點:
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Whatever one wants to say about Lesterland,
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無論誰想評論萊斯特國
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against the background of its history, its traditions,
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針對它的歷史背景或傳統
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in our land, in USA-land, Lesterland is a corruption,
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在我們的國家,在美國,萊斯特國是個腐敗貪污的國家
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a corruption.
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腐敗貪污
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Now, by corruption I don't mean brown paper bag cash
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但是,當我說腐敗貪汙,不是說指國會議員之間
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secreted among members of Congress.
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的秘密現金紙袋
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I don't mean Rod Blagojevich sense of corruption.
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我也不是指羅德布拉戈耶維奇的那類的腐敗貪污
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I don't mean any criminal act.
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我不是指任何犯罪行為
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The corruption I'm talking about is perfectly legal.
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我所說的腐敗貪污是完全合法
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It's a corruption relative to the framers' baseline for this republic.
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是針對這個共和國制定者的底線的腐敗貪污
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The framers gave us what they called a republic,
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制定者給我們他們所謂的共和國
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but by a republic they meant a representative democracy,
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但共和國他們真正指的是一個代表性民主
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and by a representative democracy, they meant a government,
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而代表性民主他們指的是政府
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as Madison put it in Federalist 52, that would have a branch
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如同麥迪遜在聯邦黨人文集52篇中提到,會有一派
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that would be dependent upon the people alone.
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只取決於人民
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So here's the model of government.
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這就是政府的模式
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They have the people and the government
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有人民和政府
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with this exclusive dependency,
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相互依賴
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but the problem here is that Congress has evolved a different dependence,
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但問題在於國會改變了這依賴關係
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no longer a dependence upon the people alone,
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不再是取決於人民
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increasingly a dependence upon the funders.
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逐漸提升了投資者的決定權
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Now this is a dependence too,
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這也是一種依賴關係
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but it's different and conflicting from a dependence upon the people alone
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但是跟單純取決於人民的那種依賴性不同且相衝突
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so long as the funders are not the people.
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因為投資者並非那些人民
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This is a corruption.
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這就是貪污腐敗
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Now, there's good news and bad news about this corruption.
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然而,貪污腐敗有好有壞兩面
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One bit of good news is that it's bipartisan,
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好的一部分是兩黨合作
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equal-opportunity corruption.
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同等機會的貪污腐敗
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It blocks the left on a whole range of issues that we on the left really care about.
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阻擋了左派真正關心的一系列的問題
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It blocks the right too, as it makes
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同時也阻擋右派 因為它讓
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principled arguments of the right increasingly impossible.
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右派的主要論點越來越不可能
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So the right wants smaller government.
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因此右派想要較小的政府
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When Al Gore was Vice President, his team had an idea
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艾爾高爾任職副總統的時候 他的幕僚有個想法
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for deregulating a significant portion of the telecommunications industry.
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對大量的電信公司解除管制
08:23
The chief policy man took this idea to Capitol Hill,
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政策首長把這個想法帶到國會山莊
08:26
and as he reported back to me,
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他回報給我的時候
08:28
the response was, "Hell no!
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答覆是:「死都不行!
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If we deregulate these guys,
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如果我們對這些人解除管制
08:32
how are we going to raise money from them?"
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我們怎跟他們募資?」
08:35
This is a system that's designed to save the status quo,
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這是一個為了維持現狀而設計的系統
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including the status quo of big and invasive government.
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包含維持大且有侵略性的政府現狀
08:43
It works against the left and the right,
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他可以壓制左右兩派
08:45
and that, you might say, is good news.
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因此你可以說是好的一面
08:47
But here's the bad news.
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但也有壞的一面
08:49
It's a pathological, democracy-destroying corruption,
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這是個病態、毀滅民主的貪污腐敗
08:52
because in any system
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因為在任何系統中
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where the members are dependent upon
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會員在競選中依賴
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the tiniest fraction of us for their election,
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極少部分的人
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that means the tiniest number of us,
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代表我們之中的極少數
09:03
the tiniest, tiniest number of us,
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極少、極少數的我們
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can block reform.
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可以阻止改革
09:07
I know that should have been, like, a rock or something.
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我知道我本來應該放顆石頭或其他東西
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I can only find cheese. I'm sorry. So there it is.
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但我只找到起司,不好意思 將就一下
09:11
Block reform.
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阻止改革
09:14
Because there is an economy here, an economy of influence,
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因為存在經濟,一個受影響的經濟
09:18
an economy with lobbyists at the center
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一個以說客為中心的經濟
09:20
which feeds on polarization.
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靠對立而活
09:23
It feeds on dysfunction.
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靠失序而活
09:25
The worse that it is for us,
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情況對我們來說越糟
09:28
the better that it is for this fundraising.
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就對募資越有利
09:31
Henry David Thoreau: "There are a thousand hacking
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亨利·戴維·梭羅說過:「有一千人在砍罪惡的樹枝
09:35
at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root."
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但只有一個人在砍罪惡的根」
09:39
This is the root.
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這就是根
09:43
Okay, now, every single one of you knows this.
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那麼現在我們每個人都知道這問題
09:47
You couldn't be here if you didn't know this, yet you ignore it.
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若你不知道你就不可能在這裡,但你視而不見
09:51
You ignore it. This is an impossible problem.
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你視而不見 這是個不可能的問題
09:54
You focus on the possible problems,
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你集中在可能的問題
09:57
like eradicating polio from the world,
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如同從地球上根絕小兒麻痺
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or taking an image of every single street across the globe,
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或是拍攝世界上的每一條街
10:03
or building the first real universal translator,
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或是建造第一個萬能翻譯機
10:06
or building a fusion factory in your garage.
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或是在你的車庫建核融合廠
10:10
These are the manageable problems, so you ignore —
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這些都是可以處理的問題,所以
10:13
(Laughter) (Applause) —
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(笑聲)(掌聲)
10:19
so you ignore this corruption.
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對貪污腐敗視而不見
10:21
But we cannot ignore this corruption anymore.
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但我們不能繼續對貪污腐敗視而不見
10:27
(Applause)
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(掌聲)
10:30
We need a government that works.
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我們需要一個有在做事的政府
10:33
And not works for the left or the right,
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不是為左派或右派做事的政府
10:36
but works for the left and the right,
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為左派和右派做事的政府
10:39
the citizens of the left and right,
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為左派和右派的公民
10:41
because there is no sensible reform possible
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因為在我們終結貪污腐敗前
10:44
until we end this corruption.
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不可能會有合理的改革
10:47
So I want you to take hold, to grab the issue you care the most about.
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因此我希望你們抓住你們最關心的問題
10:51
Climate change is mine, but it might be financial reform
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氣候變遷是我最關心的,但我也可能是經濟改革
10:53
or a simpler tax system or inequality.
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或是一個簡單點的稅制或不平等問題
10:56
Grab that issue, sit it down in front of you,
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抓住那個問題,和它一起坐下來
10:58
look straight in its eyes, and tell it there is no Christmas this year.
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直視它雙眼,跟它說你今年不會過聖誕節
11:02
There will never be a Christmas.
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永遠不會有聖誕節
11:04
We will never get your issue solved
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在我們解決這問題前
11:06
until we fix this issue first.
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我們永遠不會解決你的問題
11:09
So it's not that mine is the most important issue. It's not.
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不是說我的問題最重要,因為真的不是
11:13
Yours is the most important issue, but mine is the first issue,
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你們的問題最重要,但我的是首要問題
11:17
the issue we have to solve before we get to fix
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是解決我們所關心的問題前
11:20
the issues you care about.
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首先應該解決的問題
11:22
No sensible reform, and we cannot afford
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不透合理的改革,我們不能承擔不起
11:25
a world, a future, with no sensible reform.
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一個沒有合理改革的世界和未來
11:29
Okay. So how do we do it?
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好 那我們怎麼做
11:32
Turns out, the analytics here are easy, simple.
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事實證明,分析出來的很簡單明瞭
11:35
If the problem is members spending an extraordinary
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如果問題是出在國會議員花超多時間
11:38
amount of time fundraising from the tiniest slice of America,
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向極小部分的美國募資
11:41
the solution is to have them spend less time fundraising
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解決辦法就是讓他們花少點時間募資
11:45
but fundraise from a wider slice of Americans,
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但讓他們向
11:48
to spread it out,
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讓他往外擴展
11:49
to spread the funder influence so that we restore the idea
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讓投資者的影響力擴展好讓我們恢復
11:53
of dependence upon the people alone.
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取決於人民力量
11:56
And to do this does not require a constitutional amendment,
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這不需要修憲
11:59
changing the First Amendment.
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或修改憲法第一修正案
12:00
To do this would require a single statute,
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我們需要一個單一法令
12:04
a statute establishing what we think of
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一項奠定我們對於
12:06
as small dollar funded elections,
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小金額資助選舉想法的法令
12:09
a statute of citizen-funded campaigns,
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一項人民資助競選的法令
12:11
and there's any number of these proposals out there:
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外界已經有很多的提議:
12:13
Fair Elections Now Act,
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立即公平競選法案、
12:14
the American Anti-Corruption Act,
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美國反貪污法案、
12:17
an idea in my book that I call the Grant and Franklin Project
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我書裡面的"格蘭特和富蘭克林計畫"
12:20
to give vouchers to people to fund elections,
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提倡給人民票券讓他們資助競選
12:22
an idea of John Sarbanes called the Grassroots Democracy Act.
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還有約翰薩博尼的基層民主法案
12:25
Each of these would fix this corruption
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以上每個一的都可以解決貪汙
12:30
by spreading out the influence of funders to all of us.
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讓投資者的影響力擴展到我們每個人身上
12:34
The analytics are easy here.
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分析很簡單明瞭
12:37
It's the politics that's hard, indeed impossibly hard,
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難在政治,確實很困難
12:42
because this reform would shrink K Street,
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因為這樣的改革會削減華盛頓K街
12:48
and Capitol Hill, as Congressman Jim Cooper,
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國會山莊,這麼說吧 國會議員吉米庫柏
12:53
a Democrat from Tennessee, put it,
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田納西州民主黨員
12:56
has become a farm league for K Street, a farm league for K Street.
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成為華盛頓K街的一個聯盟,一個K街聯盟
13:01
Members and staffers and bureaucrats have
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會員、工作人員和官僚腦海裡有
13:03
an increasingly common business model in their head,
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逐漸相同的商業模式
13:05
a business model focused on their life after government,
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這商業模式專注在他們執政後的生活
13:08
their life as lobbyists.
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也就是說客生活
13:11
Fifty percent of the Senate between 1998 and 2004
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1998年到2004年之間,參議院有50%的人
13:14
left to become lobbyists, 42 percent of the House.
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出走當說客,白宮的42%
13:17
Those numbers have only gone up,
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這些數字持續上升
13:18
and as United Republic calculated last April,
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去年4月聯合共和國(United Republic)計算
13:21
the average increase in salary for those who they tracked
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他們有在追蹤的人,薪水平均增幅了
13:24
was 1,452 percent.
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1,452%
13:29
So it's fair to ask, how is it possible for them to change this?
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我們可以問,他們怎麼可能改變這情況?
13:36
Now I get this skepticism.
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我感到懷疑
13:40
I get this cynicism. I get this sense of impossibility.
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我感到憤世嫉俗,我感到這種不可能性
13:45
But I don't buy it.
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但我不同意
13:47
This is a solvable issue.
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這是個可以解決的問題
13:51
If you think about the issues our parents tried to solve
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若你想想我們父母在20世紀
13:54
in the 20th century,
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試著解決的問題
13:56
issues like racism, or sexism,
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像是種族歧視或兩性不平等
13:59
or the issue that we've been fighting in this century, homophobia,
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或是我們這世紀奮戰的問題: 同性戀恐懼症
14:02
those are hard issues.
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那些都是很困難的問題
14:05
You don't wake up one day no longer a racist.
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你不會睡一覺起來就不再是種族主義者
14:08
It takes generations to tear that intuition, that DNA,
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得花上好幾個世代從一個人的靈魂
14:12
out of the soul of a people.
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去破除那種觀念,那種基因
14:14
But this is a problem of just incentives, just incentives.
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但這問題只礙於動機,只有動機
14:18
Change the incentives, and the behavior changes,
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動機改變了,行為就跟著改變
14:20
and the states that have adopted small dollar funded systems
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接著採用小金額資助制度的幾個州
14:23
have seen overnight a change in the practice.
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會一夜就看到實行上的改變
14:26
When Connecticut adopted this system,
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當康乃狄克州(Connecticut)在第一年採用這制度
14:28
in the very first year, 78 percent of elected representatives
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78%的當選代表
14:32
gave up large contributions and took small contributions only.
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放棄了大額助選金而選擇只收取小額助選金
14:36
It's solvable,
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是解決得了的
14:38
not by being a Democrat,
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不是透過民主黨
14:41
not by being a Republican.
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不是透過共和黨
14:43
It's solvable by being citizens, by being citizens,
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是透過公民解決,透過人民解決的
14:47
by being TEDizens.
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、透過TED成員解決的
14:50
Because if you want to kickstart reform,
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因為若你想要發起一項改革
14:54
look, I could kickstart reform
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我可以發起一項改革
14:57
at half the price of fixing energy policy,
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只用到解決能源政策所需的一半金額
15:01
I could give you back a republic.
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我可以還給你一個共和
15:04
Okay. But even if you're not yet with me,
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好 若你還沒加入我
15:07
even if you believe this is impossible,
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甚至覺得這是不可能的
15:11
what the five years since I spoke at TED has taught me
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過去五年我在TED演講教導我的
15:14
as I've spoken about this issue again and again is,
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我一而再再而三的討論這個議題
15:17
even if you think it's impossible, that is irrelevant.
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就算你覺得這是不可能,沒關係
15:21
Irrelevant.
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沒關係
15:23
I spoke at Dartmouth once, and a woman stood up after I spoke,
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我曾在達特茅斯演講一次,我講完之後有一位女性站起來
15:26
I write in my book, and she said to me,
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我有寫在我書裡,她告訴我
15:28
"Professor, you've convinced me this is hopeless. Hopeless.
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「教授,你說服我這沒希望了。沒希望了
15:34
There's nothing we can do."
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我們束手無策了」
15:37
When she said that, I scrambled.
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當她這麼說,我慌了
15:39
I tried to think, "How do I respond to that hopelessness?
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我試著想:「我該怎回應這種絕望?」
15:41
What is that sense of hopelessness?"
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「這種絕望是什麼感覺?」
15:43
And what hit me was an image of my six-year-old son.
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讓我頓悟的是我六歲兒子
15:47
And I imagined a doctor coming to me and saying,
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我想像一位醫生告向我走來並告訴我:
15:51
"Your son has terminal brain cancer, and there's nothing you can do.
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「你兒子有晚期腦癌,你束手無策
15:58
Nothing you can do."
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你束手無策」
16:00
So would I do nothing?
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我真的什麼都不做嗎?
16:03
Would I just sit there? Accept it? Okay, nothing I can do?
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我就坐在這?坦然接受?我什麼都不能做嗎?
16:06
I'm going off to build Google Glass.
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我就去做研發谷歌眼镜
16:09
Of course not. I would do everything I could,
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當然不是 我會盡力而為
16:13
and I would do everything I could because this is what love means,
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我會盡力而為因為這意味著愛
16:17
that the odds are irrelevant and that you do
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這無關輸贏,你就做所有你能夠做的
16:19
whatever the hell you can, the odds be damned.
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管他輸還是贏
16:23
And then I saw the obvious link, because even we liberals
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然而我就看到其中的關係 因為即便是我們這些自由派人士
16:26
love this country.
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都愛這個國家
16:29
(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
16:32
And so when the pundits and the politicians
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所以當權威人士或政客
16:34
say that change is impossible,
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說這改變是不可能
16:36
what this love of country says back is,
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愛國情操會這麼回答:
16:39
"That's just irrelevant."
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「這不重要」
16:42
We lose something dear,
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若我們失去共和
16:44
something everyone in this room loves and cherishes,
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我們會失去我們所摯愛的東西
16:47
if we lose this republic, and so we act
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會失去在場所有人共同珍惜的東西 所以我們要採取行動
16:51
with everything we can to prove these pundits wrong.
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盡其所能地去證明這些權威人士是錯的
16:56
So here's my question:
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那麼這是我的問題:
16:59
Do you have that love?
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你有這種愛嗎?
17:04
Do you have that love?
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你有這份種愛嗎?
17:06
Because if you do,
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因為如果你有
17:08
then what the hell are you, what are the hell are we doing?
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那你到底是誰? 你到底在做什麼?
17:13
When Ben Franklin was carried from the constitutional convention
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1787年9月,當班富蘭克林(Ben Franklin)從制憲會議離開
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in September of 1787, he was stopped in the street by a woman who said,
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他在街上被一位女性攔下來問說
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"Mr. Franklin, what have you wrought?"
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「富蘭克林先生,你造就了什麼?」
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Franklin said, "A republic, madam, if you can keep it."
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富蘭克林回答:「一個共和,若你們能繼續保有它」
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A republic. A representative democracy.
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一個共和。一個代表性的民主
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A government dependent upon the people alone.
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一個單獨取決於人民的政府
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We have lost that republic.
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我們失去了這個共和
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All of us have to act to get it back.
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所有人必須行動把它找回來
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Thank you very much.
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非常感謝你們
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(Applause)
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(掌聲)
18:02
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause)
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謝謝 謝謝 謝謝 (掌聲)
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