That they exist is a proof that American ideals are not the tawdry pretenses they are so often accused of being.

或许这类人的存在,正证明了美国式理想并非无可挑剔,或者说它也在经受着现实的折磨，“

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and when he lays out the ideal society in his view in the Republic, we find there are multiple rulers.

他在《理想国》一书中论述了心目中的,理想社会,我们从中能看出精英集团的存在

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We don't have the ideal world that I just described, but to some extent we do, so we want to think about diversifying in this world.

现实世界并不像我刚才说的那么理想，但在某种程度上这种现象还是存在的,所以同样也要考虑多元化的问题。

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