The problem is that the motives for coming back — needing the attention, needing to play even when his 38-year-old body does not — violate the very myth of Jordan, the myth of absolute control.

问题是他重返的动机—他需要人们的关注，需要在 38 岁体力不支时，仍然 打球。 这一切都有悖于他所创造的神话——一个展示绝对控制力的神话。

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The problem is that the motives for coming back—needing the attention, needing to play even when his 38-year-old body does not—violate the very myth of Jordan, the myth of absolute control.

问题是他重返的动机——他需要人们的关注，需要在38岁体力不支时，仍然打球。 这一切都有悖于他所创造的神话——一个展示绝对控制力的神话。

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For all the talk of modernisation and political pluralism, Jordan is still a politely authoritarian state run by a king whose near-absolute power is underpinned by a ruthless and watchful security service.

ECONOMIST: Caught in the middle, as usual