And the Republicans gathered in Tampa to celebrate the rule – to say that the America that Tocqueville saw no longer exists: Americans no longer believe that the wealth of the rich rests on the prosperity of the rest. Rather, the rich owe their wealth solely to their own luck and effort.
而坎帕共和党大会意欲庆祝这一规则——这无异于是在宣布托克维尔所看到的美国已经不复存在：美国人不再相信富人之富是建立在其他人共富的基础上的。相反，富人之所以致富，仅仅是因为自身的运气和努力。富人——只有富人——“创造”了他们自身。牺牲他们的部分私人利益支持公众利益的意愿会破坏顶层1%的灵魂和财富。