But modernization à la carte is an illusion. Its proponents forget the experience of the first half of the twentieth century, when authoritarian modernization was tried in both Germany and Russia –with disastrous results.
但是按菜单定菜的现代化只是一种幻想。它的支持者忘记了二十世纪上半叶的教训，德国和俄罗斯进行的极权统治下的现代化带来了灾难性的后果。