So the system is not foolproof." "But overall,it is in our view, the better system than anywhere else in the world because it gives average citizens an opportunity to listen to the evidence and make independent judgments the government is not part of."

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Even the citizens of our fellow democracies see us as morally bankrupt Question: How did things go so badly wrong?

即使我们民主联盟国家的公民,都觉得我们已经道德沦丧,问您一个问题，为什么事情会发展成这样？

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Our society is those people. They are the citizens, they are the consumers, and they are the workforce.

社会是有人组成的，他们便是公民，他们是消费者，他们是生产力，那么我们应该。

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And what does that imply for ? our obligations as human beings and citizens?

那对于我们身为人类,或公民的义务又意味着什么？

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And so we should base morality, whether we're thinking about what to do in our own lives or whether as legislators or citizens, we're thinking about what the laws should be.

所以我们应以道德为基准，不管是在考虑个人行为时,还是作为立法者或普通公民，考虑如何立法时。

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