translation.en: This one went as follows: All societies, regardless of culture, be it Christian, Muslim, Confucian, must progress from traditional societies in which groups are the basic units to modern societies in which atomized individuals are the sovereign units, and all these individuals are, by definition, rational, and they all want one thing: the vote.
translation.zh: 故事是这样展开的： 所有的人类社会，不论其文化有何异同， 其民众是基督徒、穆斯林还是儒家信徒, 都将从传统社会过渡 到现代社会. 在传统社会中，最基本的社会单位是群体； 而在现代社会中，最基本的、神圣不可侵犯的社会单位是原子化的个人。 所有的个人都被认定为是理性的， 都有同一个诉求： 选举权.