Like cars, personal computers and the human body, democracies must be fixed from time to time to work well. Today, millions of US and European citizens feel powerless and unrepresented in political and economic systems that respond inadequately to their needs. Mistrust of once deeply respected institutions is widespread. It is becoming fashionable to speak of a “democratic recession”, or worse, in western societies.
就像汽車、個人電腦和人體一樣，民主制度也需要時不時地修補才能良好地運行。在當今的美國和歐洲，無數公民感覺自己在政治經濟體制中無足輕重，沒有人代表他們發聲，體制對他們的需求沒有做出充分的回應。對於曾經敬重的機構，人們普遍感到不信任。「民主衰退」，甚至更糟糕的話語，成了西方社會的流行語。
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