But the way that our institutions are designed, in our rather 18th-century, centralized model, is to channel the flow of values through voting, once every four years, once every two years, at best, once a year. This is a rather anemic and thin way, in this era of social media, for us to actually express our values.
但是我们的政府机构现有的运作方式 仍是18世纪的集权模式 它通过投票来汇聚价值观 四年一次，两年一次，或者最多一年一次 在社会媒体如此发达的今天，以这样的方式 来表达我们的价值观实在是太薄弱无力了