如果跟你說我們所謂的民主
If I told you that our so-called democracy

不是我們的民主而是資產階級用以應付
isn't our democracy, but a farce used by the bourgeoisie to contain

階級衝突並把人民引入迷途
class conflicts and lead people astray

的一種凝固 階級專政的一種騙術
in order to solidify class rule

你會覺得離譜 還是會思考民主的限度
Would you find it ridiculous, or would you think about the limitations of democracy?

還是你會自問政府對誰專政對誰民主？
Or would you ask yourself for whom the government is democratic and dictatorial?

資產階級全力以赴掩護 國家的階級性
The bourgeoisie spares no effort to conceal the class nature of the state

說法律之前人人平等
and says that all people are equal under the law

要你信你的選票能敵過大企業的大股東們的命令
They want you to believe that your vote can stack up against the directives of the big shareholders of large corporations

你醒醒 我們平民 在這制度裡 只是投票的機器
Wake up, in this system, us civilians are merely voting machines

沒錯 有時會發生政黨輪替 但我問你
It's true that sometimes the ruling party changes, but let me ask you:

有哪個政黨沒在協助資產階級整你
is there a party that isn't helping the bourgeoisie screw you over?

一個無黨籍政客要是負得起選舉保證金
If an independent politician can afford the election deposit

我保證你 他的階級立場是為選票而討好人民
then I assure you that his class position is to butter up the people for their votes

競選時總是稱自己是工運的好同志
While campaigning, they say they're good comrades of workers' movements

而上台後幫公司董事壓低工資拉長工時
and once they're elected, they help company directors lower wages and extend working hours



Ransom-Notes 敲著 MPC 我用麥克風襲擊
Ransom-Notes is on the MPC while I'm on the mic carrying out a surprise attack

自由主義者對資本主義國家機器的迷信
on the blind worship of the capitalist state apparatus by liberals

別被國家中立原則騙了 讓我提醒你
Don't be fooled by the principle of state neutrality, let me remind you

是社會有了階級後才出現了國家機器
that states formed only after the formation of classes

而這個機器必定 代表某個階級的利益
and this apparatus necessarily serves the interests of a particular class

因為階級矛盾不可調和根本是天經地義
because the irreconcilability of class contradictions is an unquestionable truth

資本主義國家的槍和子彈
The guns and bullets of the capitalist state

捍衛的是資產階級的財產所有權而不是用來自殘
are used to defend the property rights of capitalists, not for self harm

把政治當作請客吃飯
If you treat politics like a dinner party,

就只能選菜單上由財團精選的菜色 吃完還要買單
then you'll only be able to choose items on the menu carefully selected by conglomerates, and you'll have to pay up afterwards

摘掉空心菜、南朝鮮魚的民意代表假面具
Remove the guise of Tsai Ing-wen and Han Kuo-yu being representatives of public opinion

會看穿這場選郭台銘們的代理人的大騙局
and you'll see that we're really choosing between representatives for the likes of Terry Gou

當危機來臨 而社會陷於變局
When crisis comes and society enters a state of turbulence

資產階級專政只會延續 不會讓你透過選舉
The bourgeois dictatorship will only continue and won't allow you to

攫取統治權 帶人民脫離煉獄
take control of state power through voting then lead people out of purgatory

如果你不相信我就看看阿連德的結局
If you don't believe me then look at the fate of Allende



要是你認為我反民主 那就表示你沒看清楚
If you think I'm against democracy, then it means you aren't seeing clearly

資產階級以民主之名反民主的企圖
the attempts by the bourgeoisie of undermining democracy in the name of "democracy"

記住 群眾的力量 我們絕對不能低估
Remember, we must not underestimate the power of the masses

但千萬不能被小資的改良主義迷住
but we cannot be mesmerized by petty-bourgeois reformism

因為與勞動群眾敵對 的現有議會
because the existing parliamentary system that is against the working masses

改良不掉資本的統治地位
cannot reform away the dominant position of capital

而僅會經過短暫又小的讓步擊碎工人的階級意識
and will only shatter the workers' class consciousness through temporary and minute concessions

因此 我們該學習無產階級革命理論和歷史
Hence we should study the theories and history of proletarian revolutions.