虽然西方观察家很少能充分认识到这一观点，但过去十年来西方的发展 — — 2008年金融危机，收入和财富不平等状况的扩大以及不断加剧的政治上两极分化都强化了这一理念。
While few Western observers have fully recognized this perspective, developments in the West over the last ten years – the 2008 financial crisis, widening income and wealth inequality, and intensifying political polarization – have reinforced this mindset.