Once these steps are put in place, it is extremely difficult for a pro-democracy movement to survive – but not impossible if counter-pressure is applied correctly. History shows again and again – throughout the modern era and around the world – that people do indeed have some powerful tools to reestablish an open society if they were willing to use them.
当这十步都各就各位之时，一场民主运动要最终生存下来就变得极端困难了——但如果反对力量能巧妙行事的话，生存下来也不是没有可能的。历史一次又一次地昭示了近现代时期的世界各地人民如果试图重建一个开放社会的话，他们手中还是有一些有力手段可资利用的。