“Something similar has been happening throughout our society. At a time of rising inequality, the marketization of everything means that people of affluence and people of modest means lead increasingly separate lives. We live and work and shop and play in different places. Our children go to different schools. You might call it the skyboxification* of American life. It’s not good for democracy, nor is it a satisfying way to live.*skybox是指美國球場內的那些豪華獨立廂房,它們的出現打破了過往富人窮人齊集球場一起觀賞賽事的情況,Michael Sandel以skyboxification象徵窮富人生活的隔離越趨明顯。
Democracy does not require perfect equality, but it does require that citizens share in a common life. What matters is that people of different backgrounds and social positions encounter one another, and bump up against one another, in the course of everyday life. For this is how we learn to negotiate and abide our differences, and how we come to care for the common good."