They could not, and they cannot, imagine how they could really deal with this reality. They have lost. They have been detached from their people, from the masses, and now we are seeing them collapsing one after the other.
No podían, y no pueden, imaginar cómo hacer frente a esta realidad. Han perdido... se han distanciado de sus pueblos, de las masas, y ahora vemos como se desploman una tras otra.