It's not in our interests to try to keep this lid down artificially because, ultimately, the explosion will be even worse later on than it would be in the short term.

人为的阻止这些不满并不是说对我们有利，因为最根本上，不满情绪的后期影响与短期内爆发本来相比而言更为严重。

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