The sleight of hand works because we assume that the action will cancel all the effects of inaction, whereas of course, nothing like that is true. This becomes much clearer if we substitute much smaller action than Barroso envisions.
这种手法是有效的，因为我们大家都假定采取行动将会抵消无所作为的影响，而实际上，根本就不是如此。如果我们采用更为小规模的行动来代替巴罗索的提议的时候就更为如此。