The idea of the co-operative is one of the greatest British inventions. To be more exact, it all began with a small shop in Toad Lane, Rochdale in Lancashire.

合作社这种理念是英国最伟大的发明创造之一。如果更为确切地说，这个合作社都是起源于兰开夏郡罗奇代尔的陶德小巷。

At the time of the “Rochdale pioneers” (the 1840’s) there were a number of suggestions as to how the lives of ordinary people could be improved:

在罗奇代尔公平先锋社时代（十九世纪四十年代），对于如何提高改善普通民众的生活水平有着很多的意见：

Teetotalism: One simple answer was that their problems all came from drinking alcohol. All they had to do was stop drinking and keep the money for their families.

禁酒主义：一个非常简单的答案那就是人们所有问题的根源就是喝酒，所以想改善生活只需要禁酒然后把钱存下来补贴家用。

Chartism: Another opinion was the argument for democracy. The supporters of this view said that when everybody had the vote, the laws that kept poor people poor while the rich got richer would be changed.

宪章主义：另外的一个观点是对于民主主义的争论。支持者们认为如果每个人都有着选举权，那么法律让穷者更穷，富者更富的怪圈就会被改变和打破。

Cooperation: the opinion that won… to work with the laws as they were and the very little money that they had.

合作主义：这个观点最终获得了胜利，那就是穷人必须将人力和财力聚集在一起，遵循互相团结合作的原则。

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