The government, after all, can do the thinking for us and our sense of civic duty to engage in public debate and critical thinking is lost except unfortunately for issues that affect our pockets.

• 很不幸的，正是这种想法使我们失去了作为公民应有义务参与辩论和深入分析问题的责任感，除非有关的课题会影响我们的口袋，我们才会有所反应。