This is the cultural challenge facing democracy today, and those who wish to maintain the freedom and promise of democratic societies ignore it at their peril. It is a challenge that should be recognized not only for what it says about living conditions in advanced democratic countries worldwide, but also because any crisis is also an opportunity – in this case, to recapture the meaning that lies at the heart of democracy.
这就是今天的民主所面临的文化挑战，那些渴望保持自由和民主社会的承诺的人如果忽视这一挑战，就会付出代价。这一挑战不应该只是对全球发达民主国家生活环境的论断，它之所以是挑战，也是因为一切危机同时也是机会——在这个问题上，是重获民主核心意义的机会。