He confronts it.

他正视它
That's why he talks about the lawgiver.

这就是他讨论立法者的原因
He said, "Smart people like me,

他说像我这样的聪明人
we know what is good for society

我们知道对社会来说什么是好的
and therefore we should figure out what the general will is,

所以我们应该弄清楚公共意志是什么
and then the popularly elected parliament will pass it as a law.

然后民选的议会将把它作为法律通过
But we are the lawgivers."

但我们是立法者
Well this is a very disturbing idea--

这是一个非常令人不安的想法
a disturbing idea which opens Rousseau up

这个令人不安的想法揭示了
to a totalitarian interpretation--

卢梭对极权主义的解释
that he argues that the government knows better.

他认为政府更清楚
And, in fact, he argues that not the government but we,

实际上他认为不是政府而是我们