民主离不开社会和经济的进步。
Democracy cannot be divorced from social and economic progress.
经济进步与社会福利之间绝非简单等同。
There is no straightforward equivalence between economic progress and social well-being.
长期的经济停滞或衰退几乎总是使社会变得更加刻薄、更缺乏包容性，通常还会阻止或逆转权利和自由的进步。
Lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms.
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