If they're being exploited, they've got big armies that can crush them like grapes if they get in the way.

他们眼睁睁地盘剥,强大的武装军队,能够粉碎任何反抗势力

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The problem is that the history of finance is the history of a lot of people being exploited and treated badly, so there are temptations from the market.

然而在历史上,很多从业人员心术不正,唯利是图,使金融市场散发着危险的诱惑

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Smoking is a key example, it took America decades to mobilize after the catastrophic consequences smoking were clear, but when it did, American tobacco companies exploited overseas markets, particularly in the developing world.

吸烟就是一个重要的例子,美国人在吸烟的灾难性后果,已经明确的几十年之后,才采取行动,但在行动时,美国烟草公司已经开拓了海外疆土,尤其在发展中国家

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And when she was a very old lady, she led a demonstration to try to protect her little part of France on the Italian border from being exploited by tourism, more about that at the end, and with her tractor she led this demonstration.

等她老了的时候,她发起一个反对在她家那片,意大利边境上的法国领土上开发旅游业的游行,到最后还有其他别的,她开着拖拉机领导了这次游行

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