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These are dangerous times: The percentage of people who say it is “essential” to live in a liberal democracy is plummeting, everywhere from the United States to theNetherlands. Support for autocratic alternatives to democracy is especially high among young people. In 1788, Madison wrote that the best argument for adopting a Bill of Rights would be its inl uence on public opinion. As “the political truths” declared in the Bill of Rights “become incorporated with the national sentiment,” he concluded, they would “counter act the impulses of interest and passion.” Today, passion has gotten the better of us. The preservation of the republic urgently requires imparting constitutional principles to a new generation and reviving Madisonian reason in an impetuous world.

当下正是危险的时刻：从美国到荷兰，认为自由民主制度是“必不可少”的人口百分比正在急剧下降。在年轻人中，对专制替代民主方案的支持尤为突出。麦迪逊在1788年写道，采纳权利法案 (译者注: Bill of Rights，即美国宪法修正案的总称，因主要涵盖公民的基本权利而得名) 的最佳理由是它对公众舆论的影响。他总结说，随着权利法案中宣告的“政治真理与民族情感相结合”，将最终“抵消利益和激情带来的冲动。”

今天，激情已经战胜我们的理性占据了上风。若要将共和国延续下去，迫切需要将宪法原则传授给新一代，并在一个浮躁的世界中重振麦迪逊式的理性。

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来源：Rosen, Jeffrey, America Is Living James Madison's Nightmare, The Atlantic, October 2018 Issue

Jeffrey Rosen is a contributing editor at The Atlantic. He is the president and CEO of the National Constitution Center and a professor of law at George Washington University.

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国父们在设计政府之初，考虑到应该预防群盲的激情冲动。但他们没能预测到数字时代后浪们是如此愤青，狂热到无拘无束。现在，到了宪政秩序如何存活下去的时候？

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转贴完结。

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