And alarmist politicians and doomster academics may, in pointing to the state of decay, miss a nation's continuing strengths and attractions, which have to be weighed against its problems and worries.
而杞人忧天的末日论的学者们则可能在指出衰减状态的时也遗漏了国家持续的国力吸引力,这些与面临的问题担忧受到等重视。