These populists promise solutions that dispense with the habits and norms of moderation, notably with centrist democratic policies and an internationalism that seeks to promote peace and prosperity. One sometimes wonders whether we are experiencing not so much the end of history as the end of enlightened history, perhaps of the enlightenment itself.
这些民粹主义者许诺的解决办法要抛开温和的惯例和常规，特别是中间派的民主政策以及寻求和平与繁荣的国际主义，让人禁不住想，我们看到的与其说是历史的终结，还不如说是文明史的终结，或许是文明本身的终结。