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Real Democracy: Learning to Govern Ourselves
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xiàn dài现代shè huì社会lián xì联系yuè lái yuè越来越duōwèn tí问题gèngfù zá复杂kě shì可是xuǎn jǔ选举cháng cháng常常zhǐwéi rào围绕mǒuwèilǐng dǎo rén领导人

Modern society is becoming more interconnected, and problems are becoming more complex, but elections often focus only on one leader.

tè lǎng pǔ特朗普dejīng lì经历shuō míng说明rú guǒ如果dà jiā大家tàixiāng xìn相信gè rén个人mín zhǔ民主zhì dù制度kě néng可能biànruò

Trump’s experience shows that if people trust individuals too much, democratic institutions may become weaker.

lì shǐ历史shàngxī tè lēi希特勒ràngrénkàn dào看到quán lì权力jí zhōng集中zàiyí gè一个rén shǒu人手zhōngdewēi xiǎn危险lián hé guó联合国dechéng lì成立shuō míng说明gè guó各国gè zhǒng各种jī gòu机构hé zuò合作gèngān quán安全

In history, Hitler also showed the danger of power being concentrated in one person’s hands; the founding of the United Nations shows that cooperation among countries and institutions is safer.

zhēn zhèng真正demín zhǔ民主bù néng不能zhǐkàoqiǎng rén强人éryàoràngyì huì议会dì fāng地方zhèng fǔ政府shè qū社区huì yì会议kē xué科学jī gòu机构pǔ tōng普通gōng mín公民yì qǐ一起tǎo lùn讨论wèn tí问题fēn xiǎng分享zhī shí知识xún zhǎo寻找bàn fǎ办法

Real democracy cannot rely only on a “strongman”; it must let parliaments, local governments, community meetings, scientific institutions, and ordinary citizens discuss problems together, share knowledge, and look for solutions.

zhèng fǔ政府háiyīngdìng xià定下qīng chǔ清楚demù biāo目标bǐ rú比如jiǎn shǎo减少pín kùn贫困wū rǎn污染gǎi shàn改善jiào yù教育yī liáo医疗zhù fáng住房bìngyòngshù jù数据jiǎn chá检查jié guǒ结果

The government should also set clear goals, such as reducing poverty and pollution, improving education, healthcare, and housing, and use data to check the results.

mín zhǔ民主xū yào需要réndechéng zhǎng成长

Democracy also needs human growth.

gōng mín公民yàoxué xí学习sī kǎo思考lǐ jiě理解bié rén别人miàn duì面对bù tóng不同yì jiàn意见bìngchōng tū冲突biàn chéng变成hé zuò合作

Citizens need to learn how to think, understand others, face different opinions, and turn conflict into cooperation.

cān jiā参加mín zhǔ民主shēng huó生活zhǐ shì只是jǐ nián几年tóuyī cì一次piàoháiyàoguān xīn关心shè qū社区tí chū提出xiǎng fǎ想法chéng dān承担zé rèn责任

Taking part in democratic life is not just voting every few years; it also means caring about the community, offering ideas, and taking responsibility.

mín zhǔ民主zhǐ shì只是zàiwènnéngdé dào得到shén me什么gèngyàowènwǒ men我们yàoyì qǐ一起zǒu xiàng走向nǎ lǐ哪里

Democracy is not only about asking, “What can I get?” but also about asking, “Where do we want to go together?”

dāngjī gòu机构gōng mín公民yì qǐ一起jìn bù进步wǒ men我们cái néng才能zhēn zhèng真正xué huì学会guǎn lǐ管理zì jǐ自己

When institutions and citizens improve together, we can truly learn to govern ourselves.

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