幸运的是，我们已经有了一些彻底颠覆国家经济和政治图景的先例 — — 比如在和平的气氛和民众的激情支持下，20年前中东欧共产主义体制的崩溃以及新的民主政治和市场经济的建立，就堪称一个与过去决裂的，有正面效果的决定性事件。
Fortunately, we have recent precedents for changes that fundamentally alter the economic and political landscape – i.e., of revolutionary change undertaken peacefully and with enthusiastic popular support. The collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe 20 years ago, and the establishment of new democratic polities with market economies, was precisely such a decisive and positive rupture with the past.