We were already certain then that if democracy is emptied of values and reduced to a competition of political parties that have "guaranteed" solutions to everything, it can be quite undemocratic. This is why we put so much emphasis on the moral dimension of politics and a vibrant civil society as counterweights to political parties and state institutions.
当时我们就明白，如果掏空民主的价值，把民主降格成“保证”能解决所有问题的政党之间的竞争，这样的民主其实相当不民主。这就是为什么我们花如此大的力气强调政治的道德方面和活跃的民众社会，以此作为政党和国家制度的平衡力。