Increasingly complex majority-minority dynamics are shaping the democratization prospects of a number of countries, and could influence democracy’s durability as a system of government. Thailand’s experience suggests that efforts to subvert the system by thwarting the will of the majority may ultimately be fruitless, though not before imposing extremely high costs on everyone.
越来越复杂的多数派-少数派互动正在影响许多国家的民主前景，并可能影响民主作为一种政治制度的持续性。泰国的经验表明，通过阻挠多数派意愿颠覆制度的举动最终不会产生效果，只能徒然给所有人带来及其高昂的成本。