In that sense, economic success in China or India may be those states’ undoing, as middle-class political aspirations render current arrangements dysfunctional. Conversely, we may find ourselves in a world whose eastern half is organized into strong authoritarian state structures, with the West embracing post-state models of association.
从这个角度讲，中国或印度的经济成功也许是这些国家分裂的原因，因为中产阶级的正值渴望将使当前制度安排无法正常运转下去。相反，我们也许生活在这样一个世界中：东方由强大的极权国家组成，西方则进入后国家联合模式。