And as a consequence, across the Western world, the over-simplistic policies of the parties of protest and their appeal to a largely disillusioned, older demographic, along with the apathy and obsession with the trivial that typifies at least some of the young, taken together, these and other similarly contemporary aberrations are threatening to squeeze the life out of active, informed debate and engagement, and I stress active.
由此导致 拮抗各方的过于简单化的政策 和他们的请愿的巨大幻灭，这在西方世界尤为普遍 老龄人群 还有冷漠的 被琐碎之事困扰的年轻人 全都混杂在一起 ，还有其他 类似的当代问题正在 步步逼紧，让生活中不再 拥有积极的讨论和政治参与。 在此我强调积极。