Name: 【TED】劉強東：沒有不投票的事 (沒有不投票的事|劉強東) (【TED】Eric Liu: There's no such thing as not voting (There's no such thing as not voting | Eric Liu))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T07:30:00.000Z
Duration: 13 min 34 s

譯者: Lilian Chiu 審譯者: Adrienne Lin

基礎被動語態

Perhaps you've thought some of these things.

And if so, you wouldn't be alone, and you wouldn't be entirely wrong.

The game of public policy today is rigged in many ways.

如果這樣，你並不孤單， 你也不是完全錯的。

How else would more than half of federal tax breaks

在許多面向上，現今的 公共政策是被操縱的沒錯。

flow up to the wealthiest five percent of Americans?

不然怎麼會有一半以上的 聯邦所得稅寬減額

And our choices indeed are often terrible.

都跑到美國前 5% 最有錢的人那裡？

For many people across the political spectrum,

我們有的選擇通常也的確都很糟。

Exhibit A is the 2016 presidential election.

對許多人而言，不論政治傾向，

But in any year, you can look up and down the ballot

但在任何一年， 你都可以看看候選人名單，

But in spite of all this, I still believe voting matters.

僅管如此，我仍然相信 投票是有意義的。

I believe we can revive the joy of voting.

Today, I want to talk about how we can do that, and why.

但我相信我們可以 重新恢復投票的喜悅。

There used to be a time in American history when voting was fun,

今天我想談的是我們要如何 做到這點，以及為什麼。

when it was much more than just a grim duty to show up at the polls.

美國歷史上曾經有段時間， 投票是有趣的，

That time is called "most of American history."

那時投票不只是一定要出現 在投票所的討厭義務。

那段時間叫做 「美國歷史上大部份的時間」。

From the Revolution to the Civil Rights Era,

robustly participatory and raucous culture of voting.

It was street theater, open-air debates, fasting and feasting and toasting,

選舉期間有街頭戲劇、 露天辯論、禁食、盛宴和乾杯、

During the 19th century, immigrants and urban political machines

在十九世紀，移民和都市政治機器

That culture grew with each successive wave of new voters.

During Reconstruction, when new African-American voters,

隨著一波接一波的新選民， 那文化不斷成長。

在美國重建時期， 新的非裔美國選民，

that connected emancipation with their newfound right to vote.

把解放和他們新獲得的 投票權連結起來。

brought a spirit of theatricality to their fight,

marching together in white dresses as they claimed the franchise.

把戲劇性的精神 帶到他們的戰鬥當中，

穿著白色一起遊行抗議， 索求其公民權。

which sought to redeem the promise of equal citizenship

目的是要兌現平等公民權的承諾，

From Freedom Summer to the march in Selma,

that generation of activists knew that voting matters,

從自由之夏到塞爾瑪的遊行抗議，

and they knew that spectacle and the performance of power

那一世代的激進分子 知道每一票都很重要，

他們也知道要能真正 獲得權力的關鍵在於

But it's been over a half century since Selma and the Voting Rights Act,

現在距離塞爾瑪遊行 及選舉法案已經半個世紀了，

Screens have made citizens into spectators.

And while it's nice to share political memes on social media,

that's a rather quiet kind of citizenship.

在社交媒體上分享政治笑話是很好，

It's what the sociologist Sherry Turkle calls "being alone together."

這就是社會學家雪利特克爾 所謂的「在一起孤獨」。

is an electoral culture that is about being together together,

是一種選舉文化， 重點在於「在一起在一起」，

so that instead of being "eat your vegetables" or "do you duty,"

用大聲又熱情的方式，這麼一來，

voting can feel more like "join the club"

投票的感覺就不是被逼著 「吃蔬菜」或「盡公民之責」，

Imagine if we had, across the country right now,

或更好的說法：「加入派對」。

想像一下，如果現在在全國各地

a concerted effort to revive a face-to-face set of ways

都協商好要努力要恢復面對面的方式

outdoor shows in which candidates and their causes are mocked

戶外的活動，在這類活動中， 候選人和他們的理念

會被用很挖苦風格來嘲笑或讚賞；

streets filled with political art and handmade posters and murals;

battle of the band concerts in which competing performers rep their candidates.

滿是政治藝術、手做海報、 和壁畫的街道；

Now, all of this may sound a little bit 18th century to you,

參賽者代表候選人的樂團音樂競賽。

but in fact, it doesn't have to be any more 18th century

你們可能覺得這些聽起來 像是十八世紀的東西，

但事實上，它並不需要比…比如

百老匯的《漢密爾頓》…更十八世紀，

And the fact is that all around the world,

它被認為是很鮮明的當代作品。

today, millions of people are voting like this.

In India, elections are colorful, communal affairs.

有數百萬人都是用這種方式在投票。

In Brazil, election day is a festive, carnival-type atmosphere.

在印度，選舉是 多采多姿的公共事務。

In Taiwan and Hong Kong, there is a spectacle,

在巴西，選舉日是節慶， 有著嘉年華式的氣氛。

在台灣和香港，選舉的街頭戲劇

You might ask, well, here in America, who has time for this?

你可能會問，在美國， 誰有時間做這些？

that the average American watches five hours of television a day.

美國人平均每天看電視五小時。

你可能會問，誰有動力這樣做？

any citizen who wants to be seen and heard

任何想要被看見、聽見的公民，

不是被當支持者，不是被當話題，

launched a new project called "The Joy of Voting."

In four cities across the United States --

發起了一個新的專案計畫 叫「投票的喜悅」。

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