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Today people live more by virtue of what the system does FOR them or TO them than by virtue of what they do for themselves. And what they do for themselves is done more and more along channels laid down by the system. Opportunities tend to be those that the system provides, the opportunities must be exploited in accord with rules and regulations [13], and techniques prescribed by experts must be followed if there is to be a chance of success.

[13] Conservatives’ efforts to decrease the amount of government regulation are of little benefit to the average man. For one thing, only a fraction of the regulations can be eliminated because most regulations are necessary. For another thing, most of the deregulation affects business rather than the average individual, so that its main effect is to take power from the government and give it to private corporations. What this means for the average man is that government interference in his life is replaced by interference from big corporations, which may be permitted, for example, to dump more chemicals that get into his water supply and give him cancer. The conservatives are just taking the average man for a sucker, exploiting his resentment of Big Government to promote the power of Big Business.

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今日人們越來越依靠系統給他們或對他們所做的事為生而非憑藉他們為自己所做為生。而他們為自己所做之事也越來越順著系統為他們鋪設的渠道。機會往往是系統提供的，機會必須要按照規定和規則利用 [13]，且若要有成功的機會必須遵循專家所指示的技術。

[13] 保守派減少政府監管的努力對一般人來說沒有太多益處。一方面，只有一小部分的規範可以被消除，因為大多數的規範是必要的。另一方面，大多的解除管制影響企業而非一般人，故其主要效果是將權力從政府移轉到私人企業。對於一般人來說這意味著政府對他生活的干預被大企業對他的干預取代，例如企業可能被允許傾倒更多化學物質到他的供水並使他罹癌。保守派只是把一般人當傻瓜，利用他對大政府的不滿提升大企業的權力。