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原文連結：More Winds of Change
原作者：Alias Vision

What is the cost of change? Well it depends on the nature of said change of course but in the context of the New World it often means personal losses. It usually represents a realignment or transformation of the community you are part of to some new configuration.
改變的代價是什麼？嗯，這當然要看改變的本質是什麼，但對這個新世界而言改變常常意味著個人損失。改變總是代表著你所處的社群結構重組、轉變成為新的面向。

The change of political parties can signify a loss of influence or relevance.
The change of military units can signify loss of material support.
The change of country can mean the loss of resources, support, friendships.
The change of alliances can signal a shift from colonizer to colonized.
政黨改變代表著影響力及聯繫的損失。
軍團改變代表著原物料補給的損失。
國家改變代表著資源、協助、友誼的損失。
聯盟改變代表著殖民者和被殖民者的地位轉換。

Leave at a time of crisis and you may very well be branded a traitor, have long time collaborators turn their backs on you, and give the opportunity to each person with an opinion (and we all have those) to condemn or judge.
在身處危機時選擇離開則可能被貼上叛徒的標籤，不再有人願意與你合作，並給了每個人為你貼上標籤(而我們全都早已被標上)的機會。

It can mean all of that and more... it can also represent gains.
改變代表著上面的全部或是更多…但也可能代表著利益。

Personally, as I am a very little fish in a very big pond, I have lost influence and relevance since I have moved. I have also found a new support structure that has met my needs every step of the way. I have interacted with my Government more in a couple weeks than I had in months. I have been carried by my Party and welcomed in a way I wouldn't have dared to hope for. There is no doubt in my mind that I am today able to serve my new country because of the work done on my behalf by those that are my new colleagues. Thank you.
站在個人立場 – 身為一隻處於大池塘中的一條小魚 – 自從我改變之後我失去了影響力和聯繫。但我也在每個不同的道路上找到能夠滿足我需要的新支持。在數個禮拜內我接觸政府的次數比之前數個月中還要多。得到政黨的擁戴並受到我從不敢奢望的歡迎。毫無疑問的，今天我之所以可以為我的新國家效力，都要歸功於幫助我的新夥伴們。謝謝你們。

More telling still, I have had more contacts and exchanges with foreign citizens and private American voters than I have had in the past at any given time with the exception of my time as Country President. In other words, change has meant for me an opportunity to be more engaged, more willing, more active.
還有更多呢。相較於之前我當總統的任何期間內，我和外國朋友及美國支持者有了更多接觸和交換意見的機會。換句話說，改變使我更忙碌、更積極、更活躍。

The cost of not changing would have been much steeper and may have ultimately led to more permanent departures.
而不改變的代價可能更加高昂，並且最終以離開遊戲作為結尾。

It is from this perspective that I now ask the question: what is the potential loss/gain to the US as the situation changes faster and faster in the New World? What is the potential cost to our country if we do not become pro-active in the face or current global realignments?
我現在所問的問題都是基於上面的觀點：美國在這日新又新的新世界裡做出改變的可能損失/利益是什麼？美國不積極面對這權力重組的世界所需要的代價又是什麼？

Not so long ago, the alliance of ONE could have appeared to the outside observer as a monolithic, unstoppable force. We now know that the masonry was less than perfect and there were some major faults in the foundation.
在不久之前，外人可能認為ONE集團原可以成為無人能敵的龐大勢力。但現在我們知道它們的結構並不穩固，且在基礎上有著重大缺點。

ONE did not change, it instead held on until it suffered loss and as the costs of those losses mounted, it suffered collapse after collapse.
ONE沒有做出改變，相反的，它們堅守立場直到有所失去，隨著失去所造成的損失日益增加，崩壞隨之而來。

TERRA and EDEN were the immediate beneficiaries of the instability of their nemesis. As defeats accumulated for ONE and many nations suffered to ignominy of having no Congress, TEDEN then took on the guise of Giant amongst men.
Terra和EDEN正是這片混亂中的直接受益人。隨著戰場上一連串對ONE的勝利以及許多國家正受辱於沒有擁有國會的現況，TEDEN正逐漸成為我們之中的巨人。

But the ground beneath the feet of TEDEN has turned to clay. As the pillars of the alliances slowly sink, the satellite members slowly get submerged by the rising waters of change.
但隨著聯盟的支柱逐漸下沉、衛星國家慢慢被名為改變的浪潮所吞沒，TEDEN腳下所採的大地正逐漸崩壞。

If nothing is done, the costs will continue to mount and the change will potentially amount to permanent losses.
如果再不做出改變，那麼代價將持續水漲船高，並且永遠失去改變的機會。

This is not an indictment of our Executive. This is a motion to support a need for change. We need to start the conversation now in an effort to keep our community as strong as it can be.
我並不是在指控我們的高層，而是在提醒他們要勇於改變。為了讓我們的集團能夠維持強盛，我們必須即刻召開會談並盡可能的為這個目標努力。

I have seen the organization this country is capable of and I'm the first beneficiary of the dedication and hard work some are willing to put in. I hope that we, as a community, as alliance brothers, will seek to shuffle the deck and strengthen our suit.
我已經見識到了這個國家的組織力是多麼的強大，而我正是這些犧牲奉獻和其他眾人的努力的第一受益者。在此我希望既是共同體也是好兄弟的我們可以一同帶領集團乘風破浪，讓我們更加強大。

Images aside... start talking. Approach current close allies like France, powerhouse China, and other important friends to recast the alliance and our ties. Start talking to old opponents before they coalesce into a new monolithic entity aligned against the US.
想像一下…如果他們開始溝通了會怎麼樣。最有可能的狀況是關係緊密的盟國如法國、強大的中國還有其他重要的盟友們開始重新定位自身在聯盟中的立場，那麼我們的優勢將不復存。在他們組成巨大的共同體對抗美國之前開始和以往的敵人溝通吧。

Change the diplomacy and be pro-active before the costs become too large to resist.
在代價還可以接受時改變外交立場並變得主動吧。