For example, only Americans now in their 70s or older today can remember the experience of living through a great depression, the experience of living through a world war, and agonizing whether or not dropping atomic bombs would be more horrible than the likely consequences of not dropping atomic bombs.
De exemplu, doar americanii de 70 de ani sau mai bătrâni îşi pot aminti de experienţa unei mari recesiuni, a unui război mondial şi, chinuitor sau nu, de bomba atomica oribilă decât de consecinţele nelansării ei.