Name: Is Money The Root Of All Evil? Mike Maloney Reads Atlas Shrugged
Uploaded: 2017-04-15T01:30:13.000Z
Duration: 20 min 49 s

When money ceases to be the tool by which men deal with one another, then men

當金錢不再是人與人之間交易的工具時，那麼人

基礎被動語態

money is a barometer of a society's virtue, when you see that trade is done

金錢是一個社會道德的晴雨表，當你看到貿易是在做

when you see that in order to produce you need to obtain permission from men

當你看到為了生產你需要得到男人的許可時

who produce nothing, when you see that money is flowing to those who deal not

當你看到錢流向那些不做交易的人時，你就會發現，他們什麼都不做。

in goods but in favors, when you see that men get richer by graft and by pole

than by work, and your laws do not protect you against them but protect

比工作更重要的是，你的法律並沒有保護你免受它們的侵害，而是保護了

them against you, when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a

當你看到貪汙腐敗被獎勵，誠實成為一種新的手段時，他們就會反對你。

你可能會知道你的社會是註定的

So I'm going to read to you a bit of Atlas Shrugged. Ayn Rand, the author,

所以我'要給你讀一點《阿特拉斯聳聳肩》。Ayn Rand，作者。

was born in 1905 on st. Petersburg, Russia

she was somewhat upper-middle-class, her father was a pharmacist that owned the

她有點中上層階級，她的父親是一個藥劑師，擁有的是

during the time of the Russian Revolution she was 12 when her father's

在俄羅斯革命時期，她12歲時，她的父親'的。

business was confiscated, and they fled to Crimea

生意被沒收了，他們逃到了克里米亞。

when they returned to st. Petersburg they faced nearly starving conditions and

當他們回到聖彼得堡的時候彼得堡，他們面臨著近乎飢餓的條件和

she eventually came to hollywood in 1925 and she wrote screenplays and novels in

她最終在1925年來到好萊塢，她在好萊塢寫了劇本和小說。

Hollywood all through the twenties, thirties and on in to the sixties

好萊塢在二、三十年代一直到六十年代都是如此

actually I believe that with her background there's no greater authority

其實我相信，以她的背景，沒有比這更大的權威了

to speak on the virtues of capitalism versus the evils of collective

談論資本主義的優點與集體主義的弊端。

collectivism, and this is a theme that ran all through her work. In the Great

集體主義，這是她作品中貫穿始終的主題。在《大

Depression socialist values had become quite popular in the United States and

大蕭條時期的社會主義價值觀在美國已經相當流行，而且。

against that social backdrop all of her works idealized cap-capitalism so it was

在這樣的社會背景下，她所有的作品都是理想化的資本主義，所以它是

her book has become one of the best --- the Atlas Shrugged has become one of the

她的書已經成為一個最好的 - -- 《阿特拉斯聳聳肩》已經成為一個最好的。

and so I'm going to read a masterpiece within a masterpiece, when you read Atlas

所以我'要讀一本名著中的名著，當你讀到阿特拉斯時

it's a little bit dated and boring and you wonder why you're reading it for the

它是一個有點過時和無聊，你不知道為什麼你讀它的

first four hundred pages but then right about page 400 you go

前四百頁，但後來就在第400頁左右，你會發現

"Holy molly!" well you can't put this.... this little speech at a party

"聖潔的茉莉！"好吧，你不能把這個......這個在聚會上的小演講。

pops up and then you realize why you're reading this thing

彈出，然後你意識到為什麼你'讀這個東西。

standing unnoticed on the edge of the group, Rearden heard a woman who had a

站在人群邊緣不被人注意，里爾登聽到了一個女人的聲音，她有一個。

large diamond earrings in a flabby nervous face

碩大的鑽石耳環，一臉緊張的樣子

ask densely: "Signore D'aconia, what do you think is going to happen to the world?"

密密麻麻地問："Signore D'阿科尼亞，你認為世界會發生什麼？"

"Oh how cruel".  "Don't you believe in the operation of the moral law madam?"

"哦，多麼殘忍"。 "難道你不相信道德法則的運作嗎，夫人"

"I do". Rearden heard Bertram scatter outside the group say to a girl who made

"我願意"。里爾登聽到貝特朗在人群外散開，對一個女孩說，她使

"Don't let him disturb you, you know money is the root of all evil and he's the

"不要讓他打擾你，你知道錢是萬惡之源，而他'是。

typical product of money". Rearden did not think that Francisco could have heard it

典型的金錢產物"。里爾登不認為弗朗西斯科能聽出

but he saw Francisco turning to them with a gravely courteous smile

但他看到弗朗西斯科轉過身來，帶著嚴肅的禮貌的微笑向他們走來

"So you think that money is the root of all evil?" said Francisco

"所以你認為錢是萬惡之源嗎"弗朗西斯科說。

"Have you ever asked what is the root of money? money is a tool of exchange which

"你有沒有問過錢的根源是什麼，錢是一種交換的工具，它

can't exist unless there are goods produced and Men able to produce them

不能存在，除非有商品生產和人類能夠生產它們

Money is the material shape of the principal the men who wish to deal with

金錢是本錢的物質形態，希望處理的人。

one another must deal by trade and give value for value money is not a tool of

相互交易，物有所值，錢不是工具。

the moochers who claim your product by tears or the looters who take it from

淚水奪取你的產品的掠奪者或掠奪者的產品

money is made possible by the men who produce is this what you consider evil?

錢是由生產的人創造的，這就是你認為的邪惡嗎？

when you accept money in payment for your effort you do so on the conviction

當你接受金錢作為你的努力的報酬時，你這樣做是基於這樣的信念。

that you will exchange it for the product of the effort of others

it is not the moochers or the looters who give value to money not an ocean of

不是搶劫者或掠奪者給錢的價值，而不是海量的錢。

tears nor all the guns in the world can transform those pieces of paper in your

淚水和世界上所有的槍支都無法改變你的那些紙片。

wallet into the bread you will need to survive tomorrow

錢包變成你明天生存所需的麵包。

those pieces of paper which should have been gold are a token of honor your

claim on the energy of the men who produce your wallet is your statement of

對生產你的錢包的人的能量的要求是你的聲明。

hope that somewhere in the world around you

there are men who will not default on that moral principle which is the root

有的人不會違背這個道德原則，而這個道德原則是根源。

have you ever looked at the root of production take a look at an electrical

你有沒有看過生產的根源，看一看電

generator and dare tell yourself that was created by the muscular effort of

生成器，並敢於告訴自己，那是由肌肉努力創造的

unthinking brutes, try to go grow seed of wheat without the knowledge left to you

不思進取的畜生，沒有知識就想去種麥子。

by men who had to discover it for the first time

try to obtain your food by means of nothing that physical motions and you'll

試圖獲得你的食物通過什麼手段，物理運動和你'會

learn man's mind is the root of all the goods produced and all the wealth that

學會人的思想是一切產品和一切財富的根源，這

has ever existed on earth. But you say that money is made by the strong at the

已存在於地球上。但你說，錢是強者賺的，在。

what strength do you mean? it is not the strength of guns or muscles.

你指的是什麼力量，這不是槍支或肌肉的力量。

Wealth is the product of man's capacity to think, then is money made by the man

財富是人'思維能力的產物，那麼是人賺的錢嗎？

who invents a motor at the expense of those the who did not invent it? is money

犧牲沒有發明馬達的人的利益而發明馬達的人，是錢嗎？

made by the intelligent at the expense of the fools? by the able at the

expense of the incompetent? by the ambitious at the expense of the lazy?

money is made before it can be mooched or looted, made by the effort of every

錢是在它可以被掠奪或搶劫之前賺到的，由每個人的努力賺到的。

each to the extent of his own ability and honest man knows that he can't

每個人都在自己的能力範圍內，誠實的人知道，他不能'不

consume more than he has produced. To trade by means of money is the code of

消耗超過他所生產的東西。以金錢為手段進行交易，是一種準則。

the men of goodwill. Money rests on the axiom that every man is the owner of his

善意的人。金錢是建立在每個人都是自己的主人的公理上的

mind and his effort. Money allows no power to prescribe the value of

心靈和他的努力。金錢不允許規定價值的權力。

your effort except the voluntary choice of the man who is willing to trade you

你的努力，除了那個願意和你交換的人的自願選擇之外。

his effort in return. Money permits you to obtain for your goods and your labor

他的努力得到回報。金錢允許你獲得你的貨物和你的勞動。

that which they are worth to the men who would buy them but no more. Money permits

對那些願意購買它們的人來說，它們的價值是多少，但不會更多。錢允許

no deals except those to mutual benefit by the unforced judgment of the traders

the recognition that men must work for their own benefit

not for their injury, for their gain not their loss.

不為其傷，不為其得，不為其失。

The recognition that they are not beasts of burden borne to carry the weight of

認識到他們不是負擔得起的畜生，要承擔重任。

your misery, that you must offer them values not wounds, that the common bond

你必須為他們提供價值而不是傷痕，共同的紐帶。

is not the exchange of suffering but the exchange of goods. Money demands that

不是苦難的交換，而是商品的交換。金錢要求

you sell not your weakness to men stupidity but your talent to their

你不把你的弱點賣給男人，而是把你的才華賣給他們

It demands that you by not the shoddiest they offer but the best your money can

它要求你不要用他們提供的最粗劣的東西，而是用你的錢能買到的最好的東西。

find, and when men live by trade with reason

尋，而當人們以貿易為生的時候，以理智為生

, not foce, us as their final arbiter it is the best product that wins, the best

我們是他們的最終仲裁者，而不是佛斯，我們是最好的產品，最好的產品才是贏家。

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