Because the dictatorships in America’s client states ended more or less when the Cold War did, and were replaced by liberal democracies, many were lulled into the comforting belief that liberal democracy and capitalism would naturally – even inevitably – come together everywhere. Political freedom is good for business, and vice versa.
因为冷战结束在某种意义上也结束了美国附庸国的独裁统治并代之以自由民主政权，很多人就天真地相信自由民主和资本主义会理所当然——甚至不可避免地——在所有地方走到一起。政治自由对企业有利，反过来也同样如此。