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.
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。