So, cognitive dissonance will lead you then to think that what you are giving it up for has some value and then you establish a liking for it.

这样认知失调就会让你想到,你为之付出代价的东西一定是有价值的,然后你就会喜欢上它。

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Now, one of the reasons why people would-- it's unthinkable for someone like me or for probably most of you to imagine giving up your rights to a kind of absolute rule, though we seem to be in a situation like that, where that's happened quite a lot recently, even in this own country.

我或者你们中绝大多数的人,很难想象会有这么多人,宁愿放弃自己的权利,而屈从于一种绝对王权的原因,尽管在我们国家,最近类似的事情层出不穷,让我们仿佛能够感同身受

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