The US and its allies won the Cold War, for example, not so much by military means as by spreading the ideas of political freedom and market capitalism to other regions. In the words of the strategic analyst Stanley A. Weiss, this “helped suck the lifeblood out of communism’s global appeal,” making it incapable of meeting the widespread yearning for a better and more open life.
比如说，美国及其盟国不是靠武力赢得了冷战，而是靠向其他区域播撒自由的理念和市场经济。正如战略分析家斯坦利·A·崴斯所说，此举“抽干了共产主义的新鲜血液，使其丧失全球吸引力，”也最终使之无法满足人们对更加美好也更加开放的生活的渴望。