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It's no accident that democracy and theater emerged around the same time in ancient Athens.
無怪乎民主和劇院同時出現(xiàn)于古代雅典。
Both of them yank the individual out of the enclosure of her private self.
民主和戲劇都把個體從私我中分離出來。
Both of them create great public experiences of shared ritual.
都從一種共同的儀式感中創(chuàng)立了偉大的公共體驗。
Both of them bring the imagination to life in ways that remind us that all of our bonds in the end are imagined, and can be reimagined.
把想象帶進了生活，讓我們意識到錯綜復雜的社會聯(lián)系都是由設想而來的，也可以進行重構(gòu)。
This moment right now, when we think about the meaning of imagination, is so fundamentally important,
此時此刻，當我們思索想象的意義，便會發(fā)覺想象是何其重要，
and our ability to take that spirit and to take that sense that there is something greater out there,
我們?nèi)绻心芰邮苓@樣一種精神，這樣一種感知，承認有更偉大的存在，
is not just a matter of technical expertise.
并非只是技術性的專長。
It's not just a matter of making the time or having the know-how. It is a matter of spirit.
不只是擠出時間或者擁有技術。這關乎一種精神。
But let me give you an answer to this question, "Why bother?" that is maybe a little less spiritual and a bit more pointed.
讓我來揭曉答案，究竟為什么要投票。答案并不虛空，而是有實踐意義的。
Why bother voting? Because there is no such thing as not voting.
為什么要投票？因為不存在不投票這種事。
Not voting is voting, for everything that you may detest and oppose.
不投票也是投票。只不過投給了所有你不喜歡和反對的東西。
Not voting can be dressed up as an act of principled, passive resistance,
不投票有時裝扮成原則性的，被動的抵抗，
but in fact not voting is actively handing power over to those whose interests are counter to your own,
但實際上不投票是交出權(quán)力，給那些與你利益相左的人，
and those who would be very glad to take advantage of your absence. Not voting is for suckers.
那些很樂意利用你缺席的人。不投票是失敗者的選擇。
