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So ... Capitalism. Capitalism is the most powerful prosperity-generating force ever known.所以……资本主义。资本主义是人类历史上最强大的繁荣创造力量。

Excuse me! Yes. Uh, sorry. I think you mean the most extractive force ever known.打扰一下！是的，呃，抱歉。我想你是说“最具掠夺性”的力量吧。

Oh, hello. Well, it's lifted billions of people out of poverty and expanded access to food and literacy. It basically birthed our modern world.哦，你好。但它让数十亿人摆脱了贫困，扩大了人们获得食物和识字的机会。它基本上创造了我们的现代世界。

Yeah, and in the process, it's wiped out hundreds of species anddecimatedcountless cultures, extracting resources faster than anything that came before.是啊，可在这个过程中，它也消灭了数百个物种，摧毁了无数文化，比历史上任何制度都更快速地掠夺资源。

OK. But the market is a genius at driving innovation, giving us the freedom to buy, sell, compete and create in ways that make society better.好吧。但市场对推动创新极为擅长，它赋予我们买卖、竞争与创造的自由，从而改善社会。

Yeah, but how can you call it freedom when the most affordable food is diabetes-inducing junk? How can it be genius, when life-saving drugs aren't fast-tracked because they don't generate enough profit?是啊，但当最便宜的食物是引发糖尿病的垃圾食品时，你怎么能称之为“自由”？当救命药因利润不高而无法加速上市时，这又如何称得上“天才”？

Oh, so you want to grow the pie? Well, then the name of the game is capitalism.哦，所以你想让蛋糕变大？那么这场游戏的名字就叫“资本主义”。

The game of capitalism is rigged. I mean, who cares about the size of the pie if it's so unevenly distributed?资本主义这场游戏是被操控的。我的意思是，如果蛋糕分配极度不均，又有谁在乎它有多大？

Sweetheart, size always matters.亲爱的，大小永远很重要。

And who would you have managing our food supply or setting drug prices? Do Venezuela or North Korea develop any life-saving drugs? Sure, capitalism has its problems, but it solves them through innovation.那你想让谁来管理我们的食物供应或制定药品价格？委内瑞拉或北韩有开发出什么救命药吗？当然，资本主义有它的问题，但它靠创新来解决。

Yeah, yeah, I'm all for