The corollary, that low self-esteem lies at the root of individual and thus societal problems and dysfunctions, has sustained an ambitious social agenda for decades.

• 所以理所当然的推论便是：根植于个人的自尊低落，是各种社会问题与不良作用的来源，于是，数十年来，各种野心勃勃的社会活动一直持续著。