但仅凭我一人之力,是无法做到这些的。政治进程的变革,不是改变谁当选,而是改变当选的方式。只有美国民众要求进行变革时,变革才会发生。这是由你们决定的。这就是“民有、民治、民享政府的真正含义。
What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don't matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future. Those with money and power will gain greater control over the decisions that could send a young soldier to war, or allow another economic disaster, or roll back the equal rights and voting rights that generations of Americans have fought, even died, to secure. As frustration grows, there will be voices urging us to fall back into tribes, to scapegoat fellow citizens who don't look like us, or pray like us, or vote like we do, or share the same background.
我所提出的要求绝非易事。相比而言,变得愤世嫉俗,认为变革不可能发生、政治已经无药可救,并且认定自己的呼声和行动毫无意义,这些事情更容易做到。但是如果我们现在放弃,那我们也放弃了更加美好的未来。拥有金钱和权力的人会在更大程度上左右重大决定,可能是将年轻士兵送往前线,可能是批准会引起灾难的经济政策,也可能是为了维持控制权,驳回历代美国人民为之奋斗牺牲的平等权和投票权。如果这样的倒行逆施持续下去,又会有人催促我们回到部落时代,让那些与我们长相不同,信仰不同,选举方式不同,背景不同的同胞当他们的替罪羊。
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