反对者们抨击这项法律是不民主的、是违反宪法的。

Opponents denounced the law as undemocratic and unconstitutional.

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Objection number two, it's not really slavery to tax because at least in a democratic society it's not a slave holder.

第二条反对意见，征税算不上是奴隶制,因为至少在民主社会,不存在奴隶主。

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Well, right, but at some point - Don't you believe in, I mean, you say 80 percent, 10 percent majority.

相信，但某种程度上。。。，-你不相信民主吗，你在说80%，10%，那多数原则呢。

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Tocqueville couldn't resist it, it was the thing he couldn't stop writing about in Democracy in America, and he was only observing in 1831.

托克维尔抗拒不了,这使他情不自禁的写下,《美国的民主》这部著作,他仅了解1831年的美国

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