Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?

你能說出為什麼美國是世界上最偉大的國家嗎？

Diversity and opportunity.

多樣性與機遇。

Lewis?

劉易斯？

Freedom and freedom, so let's keep it that way.

自由和自由，讓我們繼續保持。

Will?

威爾？

The New York Jets.

紐約噴氣機隊

No, I'm going to hold you to an answer on that.

不，我要讓你回答這個問題。

What makes America the greatest country in the world?

是什麼讓美國成為世界上最偉大的國家？

Not the greatest country in the world, professor, that's my answer.

不是世界上最偉大的國家，教授，這就是我的答案。

You're saying...

你是說...

Yes.

是的。

Let's talk about...

讓我們來談談

Fine, Sharon, the NEA is a loser.

好吧，莎倫，NEA 是個失敗者。

Yeah, it accounts for a penny out of our paycheck, but he gets to hit you with it any time he wants.

是啊，我們的工資裡是有那麼一毛錢，但他隨時都可以打給你。

It doesn't cost money, it costs votes, it costs airtime and column inches.

這不需要花錢，只需要選票、播出時間和專欄版面。

You know why people don't like liberals?

你知道人們為什麼不喜歡自由派嗎？

Because they lose.

因為他們輸了。

If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so goddamn always?

如果自由派那麼聰明，為什麼他們總是輸？

Hey!

嘿！

And with a straight face, you're going to tell students that America is so star-spangled awesome that we're the only ones in the world who have freedom?

你還能一臉正經地告訴學生，美國星光熠熠，是世界上唯一擁有自由的國家？

Canada has freedom.

加拿大擁有自由。

Japan has freedom.

日本有自由。

The UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, Belgium has freedom. 207 sovereign states in the world, like 180 of them have freedom.

英國、法國、意大利、德國、西班牙、澳洲、比利時擁有自由。世界上的 207 個主權國家，差不多有 180 個擁有自由。

All right.

好的

And you, sorority girl, just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day, there's some things you should know, and one of them is there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world.

而你，聯誼會的女孩，萬一有一天你不小心闖進了投票站，有些事情你應該知道，其中之一就是，絕對沒有證據支持我們是世界上最偉大的國家這一說法。

We're 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number 4 in labor force, and number 4 in exports.

我們的識字率排名第 7 位，數學排名第 27 位，科學排名第 22 位，預期壽命排名第 49 位，嬰兒死亡率排名第 178 位，家庭收入中位數排名第 3 位，勞動力排名第 4 位，出口排名第 4 位。

We lead the world in only three categories.

我們僅在三方面領先世界。

Number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies.

人均入獄人數、相信天使真實存在的成年人數量，以及國防開支，我們的國防開支超過了其後 26 個國家的總和，其中 25 個是盟國。

Now, none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student, but you nonetheless are without a doubt a member of the worst period generation period ever, period.

現在，這一切都不是一個 20 歲大學生的錯，但毫無疑問，你是有史以來最糟糕的一代人中的一員。

When you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

當你問是什麼讓我們成為世界上最偉大的國家時，我不知道你他媽在說什麼。

Sure used to be.

以前當然是。

We stood up for what was right.

我們堅持正義。

We fought for moral reasons.

我們為道義而戰。

We passed laws, struck down laws for moral reasons.

我們通過法律，也因道德原因廢除法律。

We waged wars on poverty, not poor people.

我們發動戰爭的對象是貧窮，而不是窮人。

We sacrificed.

我們犧牲了

We cared about our neighbors.

我們關心鄰居。

We put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest.

我們把錢用在刀刃上，從不拍胸脯。

We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and we cultivated the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy.

我們建造了偉大的龐然大物，取得了逆天的技術進步，探索了宇宙，治癒了疾病，培養了世界上最偉大的藝術家和世界上最偉大的經濟體。

We reached for the stars.

我們仰望星空。

Acted like men.

表現得像個男人

We aspired to intelligence.

我們渴望智慧。

We didn't belittle it.

我們沒有貶低它。

It didn't make us feel inferior.

這並沒有讓我們感到自卑。

We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election, and we didn't, we didn't scare so easy.

在上次選舉中，我們並沒有通過投票給誰來確定自己的身份，我們也沒有，我們沒有那麼容易被嚇倒。

We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed by great men, men who were revered.

我們之所以能夠成為這些人，做這些事，是因為我們得到了偉人的啟示，他們是受人尊敬的人。

The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one.

解決任何問題的第一步都是認識到問題的存在。

America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.

美國不再是世界上最偉大的國家。

Enough?

夠了嗎？

Enough.

夠了