碎梦汇编（2018）

but her business must be.
钱必须赚更多的钱
Money must make more money.
必须赚更多的钱
More money must be made
这样它才能赶上其他的咖啡店
so that it can keep up with competing coffee shops
以及不断出现并试图超越朱朱夫人
and wine bars, which are constantly coming up
的酒吧
and trying to outperform Madame Juju.
它让我很伤心
It makes me cry!
对我来说 赚回本钱还不够
It's not even enough for me to earn back the money
我投资了
I invested.
必须有良好的投资回报
There has to be a good return on investment!
投资
Investment?
为了匹配最新的快-辣-撒的趋势
There have to be upgrades
我必须要对这里进行升级
to match the latest speedy-spicy-sprinkle trends,
或者继续支付越来越多的租金
or to keep paying an increasing rent
这样咖啡就不会变得更贵了
so that the coffee doesn't get more expensive,
否则每个人都会去
otherwise everyone will go to
街上的杜杜先生家喝咖啡了
Monsieur Dudu's down the street!
布莱恩 这是真的
It's true.
他的咖啡还行
His coffee is okay,
但他的葡萄酒简直不是这个世界的东西
but his wine selection is out of this world!
因此 朱朱女士不得不放弃保护环境
So Madame Juju is forced to cut costs
或者支付超低的工资
by not protecting the environment,
来削减成本
or by paying super-low wages.
这太令人伤心了
It is so very sad,
但我向国♥际♥特♥赦♥组织捐款
but I donate to Amnesty International
总的来说 世界范围内
Overall, the wealth of the world
增加的资本
increases on the side of the capital,
是没有投资和停滞的钱--
be it money uninvested and stagnant--
今天这样的钱
There are some trillions of dollars
有几万亿美元
around like that today!
或者是商业需要的东西
or the things required for and by business.
在成本削减的地方
And wealth decreases on the side of the world
世界上的财富也在减少
where costs are cut,
人们为工资和世界本身而工作
people working for wages and the world itself!
以大气癌症为例
Take atmosphere cancer.
可悲的是 这不是资本主义的副作用
Sadly, it's not capitalism's side effect,
但这是它正常运作的标志
but a sign of its normal functioning.
在过去的100年里 这个机制
The system was, for the last 100 years,
依靠廉价的石油 并从中赚取巨额利润
running on cheap oil and making a huge profit with it.
钱仍然需要赚更多的钱
Money still needs to make more money,
因此 越来越多的东西必须能兑换成货币
so more and more things have to be exchangeable for money.
从小熊软糖到DNA序列
Everything from gummy bears to DNA sequences
到二氧化碳的排放
to carbon dioxide emissions.
但弗里德曼说 经济自♥由♥
But Friedman says that economic freedom
是政♥治♥自♥由♥的先决条件
is a precondition for political freedom.
哇 哇 哇 哇
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
别着急 朱朱夫人
Not so fast, Madame Juju!
自♥由♥也是一个巨大的词 是的
Well, freedom is a huge word too, yes, yes.
但在资本主义社会 只有一种自♥由♥
But in a capitalist society, there's only one freedom,
市场的自♥由♥
the freedom of the market.
从根本上看 资本主义基于
At its root, capitalism is based
关于三个基本要素
on three simple things.
为工资工作 私人所有制
Working for a wage, private ownership
或控制生产资料
or control of the means of production,
以及为交换和获利服务的生产
and production for exchange and profit.
这些都是在承诺自♥由♥的前提下进行的
And it's all sold with the promise of liberty.
但这件事情
But that has been true
从最开始就是这样
since the beginning of time!
资本主义根据自然法则
Capitalism didn't arise
或者人类的本性而出现的
according to natural laws that stem from human nature,
它是由有组织的暴♥力♥传播的
it was spread by organized violence.
私有土地和生产资料的概念
The concept of private land and means of production
现在看起来似乎很自然
might seem like the natural state of things now,
然而 我们应该记住这是一个人类的概念
however we should remember it is a human concept.
首先 在英格兰这样的地方
First, in places like England,
圈地运动把自给自足的农民
enclosures drove self-sufficient peasants
从公共土地赶到城市
from communal land into the cities
在工厂工作
to work in factories.
仅仅在亨利八世统治时期
Under the reign of Henry VIII alone,
就有72,000人因流浪而被处决
72,000 people were executed for vagabondage.
这是自♥由♥吗？
Is that freedom?
后来资本主义在全球范围内
Later capitalism was spread rapidly and violently
势如破竹
around the globe.
你还记得那个漂亮的小女孩爱丽丝吗
Do you remember that nice little girl Alice?
是的 当然记得
Oh yes, certainly!
她很可爱
Lovely.
她进入了仙境
She fell into Wonderland,
利用那里的资源 对那里的原住民
used its resources, and was highly judgemental
大肆批判
of the natives.
无疑是一个被宠坏的英国帝♥国♥主♥义♥者
A spoiled British imperialist brat.
但德国人也好不到什么程度
But the Germans weren't much better.
现在是1880年
It's the year 1880.
强大的德国商人开始
Powerful German merchants started to profit
从亚洲和非洲的海外贸易中获利
from overseas commerce in Asia and Africa.
德意志帝国通过征服大量的土地
The German Empire supported this expansion
支持这种扩张
by conquering large amounts of land
并建立了所谓的“保护国”
and established so-called 'protectorates.'
有了欺诈 圣经 酒精和暴♥力♥
With fraud, Bible, alcohol, and violence,
德意志帝国的版图发展到惊人的260万平方公里
the German Empire grew to a staggering 2.6 million
是德国的5倍
square kilometers, five times the size of Germany,
在英格兰和法国之后
reaching the third place in colonial power
成为第三大殖民♥主♥义国家
right after England and France.
下面这首讽刺的民歌♥
The following sarcastic folk song,
写于1♥8♥9♥0年
written in 1♥8♥9♥0,
歌♥中对这件事有独特的看法
has its own perspective on the matter.
我们德国人在非洲干什么？ 那里 正在摧毁奴隶制度
其中一个叫卡斯的不需要我们 或者我们很快让他安静
哦 幸运的非洲 我们在传教异教♥徒♥基♥督♥教信仰 仁慈
不相信的人 会被处死 祝福野人用火焰和剑教基♥督♥徒的爱
但是等等 我喜欢黑人
But wait, I like black people!
他们有节奏
They got the rhythm!
人人都应享有平等和公正
Equality and justice for everyone!
我不喜欢超级富豪
I don't like the super-rich
中产阶级正在遭受攻击
The middle-class is under attack!
这都是该死的政客们的错
The goddamn politicians are to blame!
大多数自♥由♥主义的人
Most liberal-cosmopolitan folks
对公共机构、理想和政♥治♥家缺乏信心
lack faith in public institutions, ideals, and politicians.
左倾作家 比如迈克尔摩尔和
The notoriety of left-leaning authors,
诺姆乔姆斯基的恶名
like Michael Moore or
说明我们的人类同胞
Noam Chomsky shows that our fellow humans
很清楚摩尔所说的可怕事实
know very well what Moore claims is the awful truth,
但他们装作他们不知道
but they act as if they don't know.
我们必须认识到每个人都是问题的一部分
We have to realize that everyone is part of the problem.
我们的习惯 我们的程序让游戏继续下去
It's our habits, our procedures that keep the game going.
没有好的或坏的资本主义
There is no good or bad capitalism.
不平等是资本主义不可分割的一部分
Inequality is an integral part of capitalism.
包括人类在内的一切事物都被视为纯粹的资源
Everything, including humans, is treated as mere resource.
我喜欢朋克摇滚
I like punk rock!
我自己做毛衣
I make my own sweaters!
我回收塑料瓶
I recycle plastic bottles!
我喜欢特里普拉切特的书
I enjoy books by Terry Pratchett!
我是佛教♥徒♥
I am a Buddhist!
你真了不起
That is nice of you,
但不要忘记市场驱动的资本主义
but remember that market driven capitalism
将市场营销的伪科学论述
musters the quasi-scientific discourses of marketing
以及公共关系和越来越多的东方宗教聚集起来
and public relations, and increasingly, Eastern religion,
在消费者追求幸福
to recommend products to consumers
自我实现 个人自♥由♥的过程中
as necessary means in the liberal pursuit of happiness,
向他们推荐自己的产品
self-fulfilment, and personal freedom.
世界上有这么多美丽的东西
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,
我受不了了
I feel like I can't take it.
资本主义有它的缺点
Well, capitalism has its downsides!
但比共♥产♥主义好得多