How can citizens have a democratic say in world economic development when the IMF and World Bank work on the principle of “one dollar, one vote”? There can be no real democracy when we have a massive concentration of capital and power in the hands of the few; when multinational corporations challenge the power of democratically elected representatives; when organized criminals can buy off police officers, judges, and politicians; when monopolization of the media erodes fundamental freedoms.
如果国际货币基金组织以及世界银行采取“一块美元，一张选票”的原则。那么，公民们又如何能够在世界经济发展中具有民主发言权呢？当我们把资本和权力集中到少数人的手中，当跨国公司挑战经过民主选举产生的代表的权力时，当有组织的犯罪团伙可以收买警官、法官以及政客们时，当媒体的垄断化侵蚀基本自由时，就不会有真正的民主。