American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing.

美元不再能买到所有的好东西，我们慢慢地开始意识到我们在世界上所扮演的角色正在改变。

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He's part of a long-standing American counterculture, the one that wonders whether all of our irritable striving to build and buy things is worth the bother.

我们大家急急忙忙、殚精竭虑去建造和购买的这些东西，到底是不是值得我们这么费事？他表示怀疑。

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'If everybody had enough money to buy one of these things, we could all be wandering around with little networks of vehicles flying over our heads spying on us,' Ms Cummings said.

“如果所有人都有足够的钱买这些东西，可能无论我们走到哪里，头上都会有各种装置在监视我们。”卡明斯女士说。

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When I say, no, its really just our ability to buy things.

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