But it does illustrate how rapidly in early twenty-first-century Europe democracy has been undermined through the endless application of the economics of austerity, and by the failure of political leadership at home and abroad. What might replace democracy is another matter.
然而这并不是魏玛时代。但它确实说明了由于无休止地实施经济紧缩以及政治领导在国内外的失败，欧洲民主制度在21世纪初是如何迅速被破坏的。什么政体能取代民主是另外一个问题。但我们也不应该仅仅因为想不到替代品而止步不前。