But the need to win at someone else's expense is rooted in the fear there's not enough of something to go around. Not enough glory, fame, power, praise, love, success.

其实打败别人的需求是建立在害怕缺乏的基础上的，因为得到的荣誉、名声、力量、表扬、爱和成功总是不够。

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It's almost impossible to get to the very, very top and not essentially sell your soul to get that power at the expense of lover-relationships, and stable marriages, and stable families.

几乎没有人可以跻身顶层，却不以出卖灵魂，放弃恋人和稳定的婚姻和家庭为代价。

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Thus the State "turns every contingency into a resource" for accumulating power in itself, always at the expense of social power;

因此国家“每次都会抓住紧急情况的契机”来为自身积蓄力量，而且每次都是以社会力量的损失为代价。

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Important to note is the perpetuation of power at the expense of civil society.

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All exalt state power at the expense of the individual rights of liberty, property, and ultimately life itself.

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