天启四骑士

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过去的一切经验都说明 任何苦难
只要尚能忍♥受 人类都宁愿容忍♥
无意废除久已习惯的政♥府♥ 恢复自身权益
《美国独♥立♥宣言》
叛逆经济学家出品
人们总是愿意原谅一切
People are awfully forgiving.
他们总是不了解
They just don't understand
自己遭受了什么
what has been done to them.
我们正在经历划时代的转变
We are at an epochal shift.
现在我们有两个选择
We're at a point where
西方世界在洋洋自得
the West could tip into a complacent and
生活富足的同时被抛弃
quite well off redundancy
或者我们可以在未来扮演决定性的角色
or we could play a decisive role in the future.
银行所做的事应该受到谴责
What the banks did was reprehensible.
人们对贪婪的银行家们满含怨恨
That was why there was the outrage at the greed of the bankers
因为他们从百姓身上榨取本应贷出的金钱
when we gave them money that was supposed to help them lend to others
但却决定把其用作自己的年终奖金
but they decided to use that money to pay themselves bonuses
为什么 难道是为了奖励破纪录的亏损吗
for what, for record losses?
如今 我们被企业财团统治
We are governed by corporations today,
而且是那些对美♥利♥坚♥合众国
often by corporations that don't have very much interest
不甚感兴趣的企业
in the United States of America.
我不知道发生什么了 美国怎么了
I don't know what happened man, what happened to the U.S.,
一切似乎已深陷泥潭了
it went so far in the ditch.
每况愈下的状况到底从什么时候开始的
You know, what... at what moment did it all go bad?
迪斯科年代
Was it Disco?
还是唐娜·莎曼 Was it Donna Summer?
唐娜·莎曼 著名名流行乐歌♥手
曾五度获得葛莱美奖
是这些东西在残害美国吗
Is that what killed America?
我们已经进入了自食恶果的时代
We are entering The Age Of Consequence.
贪婪的金融体系
A rapacious financial system,
日益增多的组织暴♥力♥犯罪
escalating organised violence,
数十亿赤贫的人♥民♥
abject poverty for billions
环境崩溃隐约初现端倪
and the looming environmental fall-out
然而这些问题是政♥府♥ 宗教组织
are all converging at a time when governments,
主流经济学家都束手无策的
religion, and mainstream economists have stalled.
战争[亦作屠♥杀♥]
War,
征服[亦作瘟疫]
conquest,
饥荒
famine,
死亡
and death,
天启四骑士驾到
the Four Horsemen are coming.
圣经启示录中的四骑士
传统上被译作瘟疫 屠♥杀♥ 饥荒和死亡
天启四骑士
这不是一部发掘阴谋论的影片
This is not a film that sees conspiracies.
也不是一部恶意传播恐惧的影片
It is not a film that mongers fear.
更不是一味责怪银行家或政客的影片
It is not a film that blames bankers or politicians.
这是一部质疑我们所创造的体系
It's a film that questions the systems we've created
并提出改革方法的影片
and suggests ways to reform them.
几个世纪以来 社会体系一直被暗中篡改
Over centuries, systems have been subtly modified,
操纵 甚至蓄意损毁
manipulated and even corrupted
只为了满足极少数人的利益
often to serve the interests of the few.
我们一直都接受了这样的改变
We have continually accepted these changes,
因为人类几乎能适应任何环境 并存活下来
and because man can adjust to living under virtually any conditions,
但这种让我们能生存的本能
the trait that has enabled us to survive
却也恰恰抑制了我们的发展
is the very trait that has suppressed us.
大多数的社会都有精英人口
Most societies have an elite
这些人想要永远掌握权力
and the elites try to stay in power.
吉莲•邰蒂
金融时报 助理编辑
他们掌握权力的方法 不仅是控制金钱
And the way they stay in power is not merely by controlling the means of production,
按照马♥克♥思♥主义的说法 即控制生产资料
to be Marxist, I.E. controlling the money,
同时也控制了人们的认知方式 思维方法
but by controlling the cognitive map, the way we think.
这方面最为重要的 不是公开陈述的事实
And what really matters in that respect, is not so much what is actually said in public
而是被搁置掩藏的真♥相♥
but is what is left un-debated, unsaid.
几世纪以来 看门人操控着我们的认知方式
For centuries gatekeepers have manipulated our cognitive map.
但在1989年
But in 1989
名叫蒂姆·伯纳斯·李的电脑科学家
a computer scientist by the name of Tim Berners-Lee
成功地在HTTP客户端与伺服器之间
implemented the first successful communication
建立起通讯
between an HTTP client and server.
万维网应运而生
The World Wide Web was born.
自从那时起 立即可得的免费资讯
It has since unleashed a tsunami of
犹如奔放不羁的海啸
instantly accessible, freely available information.
古腾堡 德国活版印刷发明人
如同古腾堡的印刷机
Just as Gutenberg's printing press
使人们从教会与皇室菁英手中
wrestled control of the cognitive map
夺回了认知方式的控制权
away from an ecclesiastical and royal elite,
如今互联网也开始改变政♥府♥ 金融界与媒体
today the internet is beginning to change governments, finance and the media.
现在变革才刚刚开始
We are at the cusp of change.
但为了实现变革 我们首先要了解
But to enact it we must first understand
长久以来被搁置掩藏的那些真♥相♥
the things that have been left unsaid for so long.
为此 我们需要咨♥询♥一下那些
To do that we need context from people
在大众被蒙蔽时 仍能直言不讳的人
who speak the truth in the face of collective delusion
因为拉开距离 才能看得更清楚
because to understand something is to be liberated from it.
帝国
所有强权的衰败 都源自执着于不可能之事
斯蒂芬·维经兹
二战结束后
At the end of World War II,
美国的GDP占世界总和的一半
we had 50% of the world's gross domestic product,
一年生产5.4万架飞机 7千艘船等等
we were making 54,000 airplanes a year, 7,000 ships, etc etc.
当时美国就是新的罗马帝国
We were the new Rome.
我们意识到了这一点
And we recognized it,
陆军上校 劳伦斯·威尔克森
前国务卿鲍威尔办公室主任
于是在1947年的《国♥家♥安♥全♥法》中
and devised a power management scheme
设置了关于电力管理的计划
in the 1947 National Security Act to, we thought, manage it
在冷战期间 法令施行得很好
and it worked fairly well during the Cold War.
从那以后 我们就没有做过任何事
But we haven't done anything since
我觉得这也表明了
and I think that is another sign
我们未能抓住新时代的契机
of our inability to grasp the "New world", if you will.
帝国的兴起和衰落并非在确定的某一天
Empires do not begin or end on a certain date.
但的确会衰败
But they do end,
西方世界却不愿接受自己的地位日益下滑
and the West has not yet come to terms with its fading supremacy.
每个帝国衰败之时 在复兴的假象之下
At the end of every empire, under the guise of renewal,
总有一众派系 军队与组织出现
tribes, armies, and organisations appear
瓜分前任超级大国的遗产
and devour the heritage of the former super power,
通常从内部开始鲸吞蚕食
often from within.
在其《帝国的命运》一文中
In his essay 'The Fate Of Empires',
军人 外交家 旅人 中将约翰·格鲁伯爵士
the soldier, diplomat and traveller Lieutenant General Sir John Glubb
分♥析♥了所有帝国的生命循环
analysed the lifecycle of empires.
他发现其中皆有显著相似之处
He found remarkable similarities between them all.
一个帝国从最初的开拓者
An empire lasts about 250 years, or ten generations,
到最后成为国家负担的炫耀性消费者
from the early pioneers to the final conspicuous consumers
大约历经250年 或十代人
who become a burden on the state.
帝国的生命週期划分为六个时代
Six ages define the lifespan of an empire.
开拓时代
The Age Of Pioneers.
征服时代
The Age Of Conquests.
贸易时代
The Age Of Commerce.
富饶时代
The Age Of Affluence.
智慧时代
The Age Of Intellect.
最后是吃喝玩乐的奢靡时代
Ending with bread and circuses in The Age Of Decadence.
所有的奢靡时代都有共同的特点
There are common features to every Age Of Decadence.
溷乱无纪 过分扩张的军队
An undisciplined, overextended military,
炫耀性的财富展示
the conspicuous display of wealth,
极大的贫富差距
a massive disparity between rich and poor,
寄生于繁华都市的欲望
a desire to live off a bloated state
沉迷于性♥爱♥
and an obsession with sex.
但也许其中最臭名昭着的特性
But perhaps the most notorious trait of all
一美元购买♥♥力
就是货币的贬值
is the debasement of the currency.
美国和英国
The United States and Great Britain
最初都使用金本位或银本位制 但早已废弃
both began on a gold or silver standard, long since abandoned.
罗马也是一样