For example, maintaining open labor markets in the European Union requires people to regard themselves and their new neighbors as European. Similarly, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro cannot stop inflation, because the narrative of economic warfare in which he is trapped prevents him from justifying the decisions needed to stabilize prices.
比如，保持欧盟内部劳动力市场开放需要人们将自己和新邻居视为欧洲人。类似地，委内瑞拉总统马杜罗无法阻止通货膨胀，因为他所陷入的经济福利叙事让他无法证明稳定物价所需要的决定的正确性。