“We will never, ever, in any way, shape or form be part of the United States,” says Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, about Donald Trump’s designs on his country. “It’s crazy. It’s very simple. That’s all you can say.” That message would make no sense coming from a US governor, president of an Ivy League university or a Fortune 500 chief executive. But there is nothing to stop them from sharing Carney’s spirit of defiance. Many who in fair weather routinely cite the heroism that launched the US republic have held their tongues since the storm clouds arrived. When a government fears the people there is liberty, goes the saying, but when a people fear their government there is tyranny. The US establishment lives in dread of the kraken.
「我國永遠不會以任何方式、形態或形式成爲美國的一部分，」加拿大新總理馬克•卡尼(Mark Carney)在談到唐納•川普(Donald Trump)對加拿大的圖謀時說道，「這個想法是瘋狂的。這件事很簡單。能說的就這些了。」可以理解的是，美國的某個州長、常春藤大學校長或財富500強(Fortune 500)不會說這樣的話。但沒有什麼阻止他們分享卡尼的反抗精神。在天氣晴朗時經常提到開創美國共和國的英雄主義的許多人，自從烏雲密佈以來就金口難開。老話說，政府害怕人民說明存在自由，而人民害怕政府說明存在暴政。美國的體制內人士如今生活在對海怪的恐懼之中。