Marx was wrong, then: It is not only the "means of production" that shape societies, but the means of destruction.

然后，马克思错了：不仅仅是“生产资料”塑造了人类社会，人类的破坏手段也发挥了同样的作用。

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Last but not least, the destruction of fake commodities means a grievous waste of the nation's resources.

最后但同样重要的是，销毁假冒商品意味着对国家资源的严重浪费。

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For a powerful but small country, in the midst of hostile peoples, deterrence means showing a readiness to fight, and to inflict enough death and destruction so that foes think twice about attacking.

对于一个强大但小，周围敌国林立的国家来说，威慑意味着表现出不畏战、不怕牺牲和不怕毁灭的精神，从而使得敌人在战前三思而行。

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What a wonderful thing that American prowess remains supreme in the means of destruction.

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Mr Ozawa has one more means of destruction: the nuclear option of leading his true supporters out of the party.

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Specifically, Hussein's evident capacity to use chemical and biological weapons illuminates the folly of arms control agreements that were supposed to "rid the world" of such deadly means of mass destruction.

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