If you do see someone, often they are just standing, confused and befuddled, caught in a 'between' state of projecting and creating.

如果你确实看见有人，他们通常只是站在那里发愣，他们被困于一个投射和创造的“中间”状态。

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Just as the primitive man was confused by and fearful of storms and earthquakes and drought and disease, progressives are befuddled by the rise and fall of industries, booms and recessions, wealth and poverty.

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