In Europe, meanwhile, there is undeniably less collective hope and probably a little less individual fear. Perhaps because they are older and more cynical, European societies seem to bask in a “collective moroseness,” from which they have difficulty emerging.
在欧洲，他们的集体性的乐观情绪较少，然而，个体也许也没有那么多的担忧。这可能因为是他们的人口结构老龄化和个性更加悲观一些。欧洲社会似乎有那么一点“集体的忧郁”，他们有点死气沉沉。