The idea was that this is better it's more democratic; each region of the United States has its own bank.

核心理念是这样会更好，这样更民主；,美国的每一个地区都有它自己的银行。

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And in a sense, it's more democratic because you're getting people who are quote "amateurs".

从某种意义上讲，这个节目更加民主，因为参赛者都是所谓的业余爱好者。

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They were very suspicious of the democratic tendencies, or so it seemed, the democratic tendencies of that northern society which was spreading literacy more widely, and eventually the right to vote more widely, at least among white people.

他们也对民主倾向表示怀疑,事实就是如此,有着民主倾向的北方社会,文化教育的开展更为广泛,因而更广大人民有着投票权,至少大部分白人有投票权

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