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
no doubt Aristotle would remark that its offices are,

是对全部人开放但亚里士多德
in fact, open only to the rich and to leaders who can acquire the

对其职位能有多大而感到怀疑事实上
support of the rich, making it rather an oligarchy in the

只有富翁或富翁支持的人才能当领袖
guise of a republic.

这不过在共和面具伪装下的寡头政治罢了
So Aristotle was not without his own critique of the American

所以亚里士多德也不是没有对