the populous, using their power to whip up

向群众煽惑利用自身的权力去激起
dangerous passions that tend to make American politicians closer to

民众危险的情绪使美国政客趋向
demagogues than to statesmen.

与煽动者而非政治家
He would also regard the peculiar American practice of elections,

他也注意到美国的习惯是用投票选举
rather than the Greek practice of appointing political offices by lot.

而不是像希腊人那样抽签委任政治官员
He would regard elections as merely exacerbating the tendency

他认为选举仅仅是恶化煽动行为
to demagoguery, where each person seeking office

在选举里那些想当官的人不知羞耻地
plays shamelessly to the mob, promising all manner of things that

开着一张张明知不能履行
they know they will not and cannot deliver.

的政治空头支票
Think of almost anybody you like.

想想你知道的所有政客们
Furthermore, while the American regime in many ways is,

另外在许多层面上看美式政体应该
in principle, open to all and prides itself on a belief in equality,

对自身的平等感到骄傲因为职位似乎