There is nothing devastating in this, of course, but Poland’s political malaise may one day prove dangerous, and so should be scrutinized in other democracies, old and new. For the problems of anomie, apathy, and political charade are not Polish problems, but maladies that increasingly afflict democracies everywhere, and that urgently call for a restoring of faith in parties and politics.
于是，后共产主义在波兰的终结不仅没有让人们欢呼雀跃，相反却让很多人低声啜泣。尽管这本身不会造成太大影响，但波兰的政治痼疾却迟早会带来危险，因此无论是新老民主，都应该时刻保持警惕。因为混乱、冷漠和政治谜题都不仅仅在波兰存在，而是日益成为影响所有民主的痼疾。重塑对政党和政治的信心成了人们迫切需要面对的问题。