Widening inequality in the world’s advanced and developing countries thus inflicts two blows against democratic politics. Not only does it lead to greater disenfranchisement of the middle and lower classes; it also fosters among the elite a poisonous politics of sectarianism.
世界发达国家和发展中国家间不断扩大的不平等性因此造成了对民主政治的两大冲击。它不但导致中产阶级和下层人民选举权日益被剥夺，也在精英阶层中间酝酿了极其危险的宗派主义政治。