Even as the rich world enjoys low unemployment, record real household incomes and soaring stockmarkets, people have rarely been so gloomy(悲观的，阴郁的). So wrote The Economist in last week’s briefing on Gen-Z socialism(①背景：Z世代（1997-2012出生）...).
尽管富裕世界享受着低失业率、创纪录的实际家庭收入和飙升的股市，人们却很少如此悲观。《经济学人》在上周的关于Z世代社会主义的简报中如是写道。
That is true, of course. Yet to append(附加，添加) a caveat(告诫，警告): capitalism has recently been hosting a festival of inequality(不平等的狂欢) upon the most important staging ground(活动场所，舞台) of the new American socialism, New York City, and it is hard to imagine the city brimming with(充满) more excitement and even joy. With the cheapest seats going for thousands of dollars and the most expensive for well over(远远超过) $100,000, almost everyone in New York has had no hope of joining the elite(精英) of Wall Street and Hollywood at Madison Square Garden to watch in person as the New York Knicks, millionaire athletes "owned" by a billionaire, compete with other millionaires in the finals of the National Basketball Association.
当然，这是事实。但需附加一个告诫：资本主义最近在新美国社会主义的最重要舞台——纽约市——举办了一场不平等狂欢节，以至于难以想象这座城市会充满更多的兴奋甚至喜悦。最便宜的座位要数千美元，最贵的则远超过10万美元，几乎每个纽约人都无望与华尔街和好莱坞的精英们一起在麦迪逊广场花园现场观看纽约尼克斯队——由亿万富翁“拥有”的百万富翁运动员——在NBA总决赛中与其他百万富翁竞争。
Instead, New Yorkers are gathering in each other’s homes, piling into(涌入) bars and thronging(挤满，成群) sidewalks outside restaurants to stare through the windows at the video screens as the Knicks, who have not won a championship in 53 years, contend with the San Antonio Spurs. Gloom has nowhere been in evidence. Even grumbling, habitual among New York’s capitalists at least as much as among its socialists, has been hard to hear over all the cheering.
相反，纽约人聚集在彼此家中，涌入酒吧，挤满餐厅外的人行道，透过窗户盯着视频屏幕，观看53年未夺冠的尼克斯队与圣安东尼奥马刺队争锋。悲观情绪无处可见。即使是抱怨——无论是在纽约的资本家还是社会主义者中都很常见——在欢呼声中也很难听到。
Chant democratic
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