Key Moments from Obama's Mandela Lecture

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日前,在南非约翰内斯堡举行的纪念曼德拉百年诞辰集会上,美国前任总统奥巴马发表重要演讲。

奥巴马直接讽刺现行的“充满恐惧、怨恨和防卫心态的”特朗普政府的政策以及他那夸大其词、谎话连篇的习性;与此同时,在全球变暖问题上,也谴责美国部分当局对于科学事实的怀疑态度;极度强调“无事实,无合作基础”这一论点。

他义正词严地捍卫民主和事实的态度,在民众中引起了众多支持呼声。

And a politics of fear and resentment and retrenchment began to appear, and that kind of politics is now on the move.

It's on the move at a pace that would have seemed unimaginable just a few years ago.

I am not being alarmist, I am simply stating the facts.

Look around.

Strongman politics are ascendant suddenly, whereby elections and some pretence of democracy are maintainedthe form of it

In the West, you've got far-right parties that oftentimes are based not just on platforms of protectionism and closed borders,

The free press is under attack.

Censorship and state control of media is on the rise.

Social mediaonce seen as a mechanism to promote knowledge and understanding and solidarity

In fact, it is in part because of the failures of governments and powerful elites

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