<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishNafikiri wengi wa Wamarekani, kama wao kufikiri juu yake hata kidogo - na kukumbuka kwamba wale ambao kufikiri juu yake ni pia wale ambao kuchukua muda wa kupiga kura - kufikiri kwamba maisha yetu ya kitamaduni imekuwa coarsened, au hata degraded, na kwamba hisia ya maadili kwamba tu 30 au hata miaka michache iliyopita maana kwamba wengi wa Wamarekani waliona hakuna haja ya kufunga milango yao imekuwa, labda irretrievably, kupotea.  <response>: I believe the majority of Americans, if they think about it at all--and keep in mind that the ones who think about it are also the ones who take the time to vote--think that our cultural life has coarsened, or even debased, and that the sense of values that just 30 or even fewer years ago meant that the majority of Americans felt no need to lock their doors has been, perhaps irretrievably, lost. 