invocation

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1. The answer lies in Ayn Rand’s rhetorical invocation of despair in her 1957 epic Atlas Shrugged: “Who is John Galt?” Simply put, when the state seizes the incentives and drivers of capital investment, owners of capital go on strike.

   那么，这一次为什么会不一样呢？ 安·兰德（Ayn Rand）用其1957年的名著《阿特拉斯耸耸肩 》 （ Atlas Shrugged）中的绝望诅咒给出了答案 ： “ 谁是约翰·高特（John Galt ） ？ ” 简言之，当国家夺走了资本投资的激励和领导权的时候，资本所有者就会罢工。

2. In the eyes of many critics at home and abroad, the Bush administration’s excesses tarnished the idea of democracy promotion. Bush’s invocation of democracy to justify the invasion of Iraq implied that democracy could be imposed at the barrel of a gun.

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