当年中东欧的人民需要的仅仅是民主和繁荣 — — 但国家的精英们必须说服民众接受许多无法预料的伴生性事件，而做到这点是相当不容易的。
The people of Central and Eastern Europe simply wanted democracy and prosperity – but the elite had to be able to convince them to accept many unforeseen concurrent events, which was by no means easy.