translation.en: And as a result of this illiteracy, those few who do understand how power operates in civic life, those who understand how a bill becomes a law, yes, but also how a friendship becomes a subsidy, or how a bias becomes a policy, or how a slogan becomes a movement, the people who understand those things wield disproportionate influence, and they're perfectly happy to fill the vacuum created by the ignorance of the great majority.
translation.zh: 这种一无所知的结果就是， 那些极少数了解 权力是如何在公民生活中运作的人， 那些了解 如何让一个法案变成一个法律条文， 如何将友谊转化为财富， 如何让一个偏见变成一项政策， 或如何让一个口号发展成一场运动的人， 正是了解这些事情的人 对广大民众施加不同程度的影响力， 而且他们及其乐于 填补民众的无知造成的空洞。