所以导致这些罪恶的罪魁祸首不是石油开发商业不是暴君而是石油本身。

So the villain of the piece is neither oilman nor despot but oil itself.

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作为一个使法拉利取得成功的幕后英雄，罗斯布朗被有些人认为是位疯癫的暴君，但是去年的比赛证明了罗斯布朗拥有非比寻常的天赋。

After guaranteeing Ferrari's success, it's tempting to paint Ross Brawn as a raving despot who finally got to prove his unsung genius to the world last year.

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“我记得看到不少同事(或许我应该说同志)为了有机会与这个狡猾的老暴君握手而差点绊倒，挺反感的，”他在一封电邮中写道。

"I recall being put off by how many of my colleagues (or should I say Comrades) seemed to be falling over one another to have a chance to shake hands with the wily old despot," he wrote in an email.

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He is king, don't imagine that he's a despot, anything but;the people love him.

他是个国王,但不是暴君,深受人民爱戴

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