Even though economic conditions were dire in the USSR’s final months, people could see the freedoms that were coming and, unlike today, were willing to stand up for them. Indeed, in the early years of the democratic transition that followed, most post-communist voters did not succumb to the temptation to elect extremists who promised to end the hard times they were enduring.
虽然苏联最后几个月里的经济条件非常可怕，但人们能够看到自由正在降临，并且和今天不同的是，他们都愿意为自由挺身而出。事实上，在苏联解体后最初几年的民主过渡中，多数后共产主义时代的选民并没有为承诺结束困难时期的极端分子投票。相反，他们选出的候选人往往是最明智的。