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And a reasonable argument is often made by organisers of cultural festivals that sponsors pay for these things,
文化節(jié)的組織者經(jīng)常會提出合理的理由，認(rèn)為贊助商會為這些活動買單，
and pay for events such as Notting Hill Carnival, Pride and Mela to stay free, and accessible to all.
為諾丁山狂歡節(jié)、同志游行等活動出錢，人們就能免費(fèi)參加，而且所有人都可以參加。
But it's hard not to wonder if something is being lost along the way,
但是很難不去想是否有些東西正在丟失，
in an era when venture capital-backed music video platform Boiler Room receives Arts Council funding
在這個時代，風(fēng)投支持的音樂視頻平臺Boiler Room獲得了藝術(shù)委員會的資助，
to broker Notting Hill Carnival sponsorship deals and live-stream its intimate hedonism to the world;
促成諾丁山狂歡節(jié)的贊助協(xié)議，并向全世界直播其私密的享樂主義；
or popular, long-standing free community festivals such as south London's Lambeth Country Show suddenly have a heavy security presence, prompting outrage and boycotts.
或者，存在已久的自由社區(qū)節(jié)日，比如倫敦南部的蘭貝斯鄉(xiāng)村音樂節(jié)，突然間部署了大量的安保人員，引發(fā)了人們的憤怒和抵制。
Perhaps this is too pessimistic. The 21st-century domestication of the crowd does not in itself snuff out its power.
也許這太悲觀了。21世紀(jì)對人群的馴化本身并沒有消滅人群的力量。
The experience of being part of a crowd can still change us in all manner of unexpected ways.
成為人群中的一員的經(jīng)歷仍能以各種意想不到的方式改變我們。
If one thing should be retained from academics' debunking of the myth of the crowd as a single beast with one brain and a thousand limbs,
學(xué)者們揭穿了大眾是一只擁有一個大腦和一千只四肢的單個野獸的真相，如果有一件事需要保留，
it is precisely that the diversity of the individuals within the crowd is what makes it so vital.
正是群體中個體的多樣性使其如此重要。
Far from behaving as one, everyone has different cooperation thresholds for participation,
遠(yuǎn)不是作為一個人那樣行動，每個人都有不同的參與合作門檻，
and there are some who by their nature will always be the first in the pool.
有些人天生就永遠(yuǎn)是池子里的第一個。
For better or worse, crowds empower more shy or conservative people to do what they might not have done otherwise:
無論是好是壞，人群讓那些比較害羞或保守的人能夠做他們在別的情況下不會做的事：
to pronounce their political beliefs or proclaim their sexual orientation in public,
公開宣布他們的政治信仰或性取向，
to sing about their heartfelt feelings for Sergio Aguero, to occupy a bank, to throw a brick,
歌唱他們對塞爾吉奧·阿奎羅的深情，占領(lǐng)銀行，扔磚頭，
to fight with strangers, to dance to Abba in the concourse of a major intercity railway station.
和陌生人打架，在一個主要的城際火車站的大廳里伴著Abba跳舞。
Being a crowd member is not a muscle that will atrophy through lack of use –
作為一名群眾成員，不是肌肉缺乏使用就會萎縮——
our knack for it, and need for it, has a much longer history than the months we will be required to keep our physical distance.
我們的集會訣竅和集會需求的歷史，要比我們需要保持物理距離的幾個月時間長得多。
The desire to be part of the crowd is a part of who we are, and it will not be dispersed so easily.
渴望成為大眾的一部分是我們自身的一部分，它不會那么容易被驅(qū)散。
