In 1919, John Maynard Keynes told the statesmen of post-World War I Europe to abandon their vindictive patriotism for the sake of building a future of peace based on European integration. Alas, it took another world war to convince European leaders of the validity of Keynes’s approach.
1919年，约翰·梅纳德·凯恩斯建议一战后欧洲的政治家们摒弃复仇式的爱国主义，通过欧洲一体化来缔造将来的和平环境。不幸的是，在另一次世界大战之后，欧洲的领导人们才相信凯恩斯的建议的合理性。于是欧盟——一个完全通过外交和共识建立的帝国——在废墟中耸现。