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For democracy's future, these are real problems. But there's an even bigger one: democracy is not improving people's lives. In Bangladesh, among the most corrupt countries in the world, many were thrilled when the military seized power in January. By most accounts, Russians like how Vladimir Putin has ruled. And though Chavez is one of Latin America's least democratic leaders, he's also one of the most popular. In many countries that have embraced democracy since the cold war's end, free elections haven't reduced corruption, violence or poverty. When generals topple democratic governments or when autocrats like Putin or Chavez strangle them from within, they usually do so in the name of honest government and meat for dinner. And for people who have gone years without either, that sounds pretty good. So, what should the U.S. do? The answer isn't to give up on democracy. It's to help democracy succeed. The Bush Administration talks a lot about freedom. But as an earlier generation of American leaders realized, if freedom doesn't put food on the table, people will embrace tyranny. That's why the Truman Administration conceived the Marshall Plan: to help the fragile democracies of Western Europe improve their people's lives. Today the rich world needs to do something similar--provide the debt relief, open markets and foreign aid that really makes difference in a poor country. A couple of weeks ago, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama led the way by proposing that the U.S. double its foreign aid spending by 2012. In the wake of Iraq, sending more taxpayer dollars abroad doesn't exactly drive focus groups wild. But if Republicans really want democracy to endure, they should match Obama or raise him. 'The true desire of all mankind,' Obama said, 'is not only to live free lives but lives marked by dignity and opportunity, by security and simple justice.' In the slums of Lagos, I suspect they agree.
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Beinart is a senior fellow at the U.S. Council of Foreign Relations

A. 어휘
corrupt 부패한. seize power 권력을 잡다.
by most accounts 대부분의 사람들의 이야기에 의하면.
least democratic leaders 민주적인 것이 가장 적은 지도자들. embrace 받아들이다.
reduce 감소시키다. poverty 貧困(빈곤). general 將軍(장군). topple 顚覆(전복)시키다.
autocrat 독재자, 專制君主(전제군주). strangle 목 졸라 죽이다, 질식시키다.
without either 어느 하나도 없이. tyranny 專制政治(전제정치), 暴政(폭정).
administration 행정부. conceive 계획을 세우다, 着想(착상)하다.
the Marshal Plan 제 2차 세계대전 이후 미국이 실시한 유럽 부흥계획.
fragile 허약한, 깨지기 쉬운. democracies 민주주의국가들. debt relief 채무 蕩減(탕감).
make difference 효과가 있다. Democratic presidential candidate 민주당 대통령후보.
lead the way 앞장서다. spending 支出(지출).
in the wake of ...의 결과로, ...의 뒤를 밟아. cf. wake [배가 지나간] 자국.
focus group 소비자 그룹 (납세자, 국민). drive focus group wild 국민을 화나게 하다.
Republicans [미국의] 공화당원. match ...과 대등하다. raise 힘을 돋우다, 분발시키다.
mark 특징짓다. dignity 尊嚴(존엄). security 안전, 안보. justice 정의.
senior fellow 선임연구원.

B. 구문
- not only to live . . . dignity and opportunity.
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