That experiment cannot survive if supported only by economic rigor and rules. What can continue to justify a political entity after the urgent realities and convictions that drove its establishment have faded to the pages of history and civics books or, at best, are the subject of grandparents’ stories?
仅靠经济体制和规则支撑的试验不可能存在下去。当驱使其成立的迫切的现实和信念已经成为尘封的历史，或者充其量成为爷爷奶奶们的故事主题时，究竟哪些因素才能继续支撑一个政治实体？